Critical theory and science fiction / / Carl Freedman
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| Autore: |
Freedman Carl Howard
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| Titolo: |
Critical theory and science fiction / / Carl Freedman
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| Pubblicazione: | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.3/8762 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Critical Theory and Science Fiction; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Definitions; Critical Theory; Science Fiction; 2. Articulations; Genre, Theory, and Phases of Canon-Formation; The Critical Dynamic: Science Fiction and Style; The Critical Dynamic: Science Fiction and the Historical Novel; The Critical Dynamic: Science Fiction and Utopia; Science Fiction and the Canon; 3. Excursuses; Solaris: Stanisław Lem and the Structure of Cognition; The Dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin and the Ambiguities of Utopia |
| The Two of Them: Joanna Russ and the Violence of GenderStars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Samuel Delany and the Dialectics of Difference; The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Construction of Realities; Coda: Critical Theory, Science Fiction, and the Postmodern; Index; ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Critical theory and science fiction |
| ISBN: | 0-8195-7454-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817091903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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