The Poetics of Science Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780582369931 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 262 str.

Peter Stockwell

Opis

Uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the 20th century, the book uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context.

Spis treści

1: Departures: Orientation and Maps 2: Macrological: Old Futures 3: Micrological: Futureplay 4: Macrological: Outer Space 5: Centrepoint: Retrospective/Prospective 6: Micrological: New Words 7: Macrological: New Worlds 8: Micrological: Poetic Planes 9: Arrivals: The Ends of the Earth ReferencesIndex

O autorze

Peter Stockwell is a lecturer in English at the University of Nottingham.