Science Fiction: A Critical Guide

ISBN-13: 9780367756390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 246 str.

Opis

This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable.

Spis treści

Part 1. Early Landmarks: From the Beginnings to 1900  1. The Literary Background to Science Fiction Mark R. Hillegas  2. Jules Verne: the Last Happy Utopianist Marc Angenot  3. The Science Fiction of H.G. Wells John Huntington  Part 2. Two Formative Traditions  4. Utopia and Science Fiction Raymond Williams  5. Science Fiction and the Scientific World-View Patrick Parrinder  Part 3. Science Fiction Today: Aspects of a Contemporary Literature  6. The Cold War in Science Fiction, 1940-1960 T.A. Shippey  7. Science Fiction, Religion and Transcendence Tom Woodman  8. Characterisation in Science Fiction: Two Approaches  8.1. The Disappearance of Character Scott Sanders  8.2. The Alien Encounter: or Mrs Brown and Mrs Le Guin Patrick Parrinder  9. American Science Fiction Since 1960 J.A. Sutherland  10. British Science Fiction Christopher Priest  11. European Science Fiction Franz Rottensteiner

O autorze

Patrick Parrinder