LEADER 02779oam 2200697I 450 001 9910827778203321 005 20240131151103.0 010 $a1-134-98056-6 010 $a0-203-76087-5 010 $a1-299-48050-0 010 $a1-134-98049-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203760871 035 $a(CKB)2550000001020239 035 $a(EBL)1433981 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000877203 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11489530 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000877203 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10907138 035 $a(PQKB)11628623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1433981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1433981 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689760 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL479300 035 $a(OCoLC)841171259 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132720 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001020239 100 $a20130331d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScience fiction before 1900 $eimagination discovers technology /$fPaul K. Alkon 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 225 1 $aGenres in context 300 $a"First Routledge paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-13841-X 311 $a0-415-93887-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aPaul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's Court and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature. 410 0$aStudies in literary themes and genres ;$vno. 3. 410 0$aGenres in context. 606 $aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aScience fiction$vBibliography 606 $aFantasy fiction$vBibliography 615 0$aScience fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aScience fiction 615 0$aFantasy fiction 676 $a809.3/876 700 $aAlkon$b Paul K$g(Paul Kent),$01680505 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827778203321 996 $aScience fiction before 1900$94049255 997 $aUNINA