02531nam 2200529 450 991080691490332120230124201000.01-78138-605-61-78138-487-8(CKB)4330000000005393(StDuBDS)EDZ0001111443(MiAaPQ)EBC4789560(Au-PeEL)EBL4789560(CaPaEBR)ebr11332309(OCoLC)911019135(EXLCZ)99433000000000539320170203h20142014 uy 1engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIrish science fiction /Jack FennellLiverpool, [England] :Liverpool University Press,2014.©20141 online resourceLiverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies1-78138-119-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.1.Mad science and the Empire : Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie --2.'Future War' and gender in nineteenth-century Ireland --3.Nationalist fantasies of the early twentieth century --4.States of emergency : Irish SF During World War II --5.The 1960s : Lemass, modernization and the Cold War --6.The Wrong history : Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles --7.Exotic Doom : the SF of Ian McDonald --8.The Dystopian decades : from Recession to Tiger and back again --9.The Shape of Irish SF to come.An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers.Liverpool science fiction texts and studies.English fictionIrish authorsHistory and criticismScience fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismScience fiction, IrishHistory and criticismEnglish fictionIrish authorsHistory and criticism.Science fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Science fiction, IrishHistory and criticism.823.08762Fennell Jack1983-1657600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806914903321Irish science fiction4011109UNINA