LEADER 02490nam 22005774a 450 001 9910818447603321 005 20240501111326.0 010 $a1-282-52104-7 010 $a9786612521041 010 $a0-8108-6697-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000763990 035 $a(EBL)467496 035 $a(OCoLC)379116853 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224940 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12029949 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224940 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10211404 035 $a(PQKB)11117895 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467496 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467496 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10362624 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL252104 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000763990 100 $a20080917d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe postmodern humanism of Philip K. Dick /$fJason P. Vest 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cScarecrow Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-6212-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index. 327 $aIntroduction. The world Dick made: science fiction, humanism, and postmodern literature -- The metamorphosis of science fiction: Kafka, Dick, and postmodern humanism -- Parallel minds, alternate worlds: Borges, Dick, and the politics of oppression -- Divine textualities: Calvino, Dick, and authoring creation -- Time, love, and narcosis: the importance of now wait for last year -- Conclusion. The postmodern humanist: Philip K. Dick in the twenty-first century. 330 $aIn The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick, Jason Vest examines how Dick adapted the conventions of science fiction and postmodernism to reflect humanist concerns about the difficulties of maintaining identity, agency, and autonomy in the latter half of the 20th century. Vest also explores Dick's literary relationship to Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino. 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature) 606 $aHumanism in literature 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 615 0$aHumanism in literature. 676 $a813.54 700 $aVest$b Jason P.$f1972-$01598707 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818447603321 996 $aThe postmodern humanism of Philip K. Dick$93921092 997 $aUNINA