Fin-De-Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s: Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire

ISBN-13: 9781137263650 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 258 str.

Aris Mousoutzanis

Opis

Fin-de-Siecle Fictions, 1890s- 1990s focuses on fin-de-siecle British and postmodern American fictions of apocalypse and investigates the ways in which these narratives demonstrate shifts in the relations among modern discourses of power and knowledge.

Recenzje

"For anyone with an interest in fin-de-si cle fictions of all forms, including Gothic, horror, SF, steampunk, and cyberpunk, or even just science geeks who want to develop their understanding of the wider implications and impacts of technology and invention, Mousoutzanis's Fin-de-Si cle Fictions will be an inspiration for years to come." (Jillian Wingfield, The British Society for Literature and Science, October 29, 2019)

Spis treści

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire 1. When Time Shall Be No More: Entropy, Degeneration, History 2. The Eternal Return of Chaos 3. Dusk of the Nations: Century's End and Imperial Crisis 4. Terminal Bodies: New Men and Women for the '00s Conclusion: Post-Millennial Apocalypse Bibliography Index

O autorze

Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at University of Brighton, UK. He has published on apocalyptic literature, science fiction and the Gothic, as well as on new media and online communities. He is currently researching on the relations between trauma theory and media culture.