02799oam 2200709I 450 991095908310332120251116180844.01-134-98056-60-203-76087-51-299-48050-01-134-98049-310.4324/9780203760871 (CKB)2550000001020239(EBL)1433981(SSID)ssj0000877203(PQKBManifestationID)11489530(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000877203(PQKBWorkID)10907138(PQKB)11628623(MiAaPQ)EBC1433981(Au-PeEL)EBL1433981(CaPaEBR)ebr10689760(CaONFJC)MIL479300(OCoLC)841171259(FINmELB)ELB132720(EXLCZ)99255000000102023920130331d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience fiction before 1900 imagination discovers technology /Paul K. Alkon1st ed.New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (192 p.)Genres in context"First Routledge paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso.1-138-13841-X 0-415-93887-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; SCIENCE FICTION BEFORE 1900; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chronoloqy; Chapter 1 AShort History of the Future; Chapter 2 England: New Viewpoints; Chapter 3 France: Technophilia; Chapter 4 America: Technophobia; Notes and References; Bibliographic Essay; Recommended Titles; IndexPaul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's Court and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.Studies in literary themes and genres ;no. 3.Genres in context.Science fictionHistory and criticismFantasy fictionHistory and criticismScience fictionBibliographyFantasy fictionBibliographyScience fictionHistory and criticism.Fantasy fictionHistory and criticism.Science fictionFantasy fiction809.3/876Alkon Paul K(Paul Kent),1855367MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959083103321Science fiction before 19004486637UNINA