The Mask of the Prophet: The Extraordinary Fictions of Jules Verne

ISBN-13: 9780198157984 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 240 str.

Andrew Martin; Andrew Martin

Opis

This provocative new study contends that Jules Verne was indeed more than just a writer of science fiction or harmless fantasies for children. Placing him squarely within the center of a strong literary tradition, Martin convincingly shows that a recurrent narrative, describing the strange destiny of a masked prophet who revolts against an empire, runs throughout Verne's Voyages extraordinaires. This theme, Martin argues, illuminates the paradoxes of realism and invention, repression and transgression, and imperialism and anarchy. Verne emerges not only as a key to the political and literary imagination of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but as a model for fiction in general.

Recenzje

'Martin ... presents a very provocative analysis of Vrne's novels ... Martin's book is an excellent contribution to scholarship on Jules Verne and should be included in any library collection that intends to support research on SF.' Peter C. Hall, Science Fiction & Fantasy Book REview Annual 1991