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Understanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism
ISBN: 9780618422531 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien's masterpiece. The essays span fifty years of critical reaction, from the first publication of The Fellowship of the Ring through the release of Peter Jackson's film trilogy, which inspired a new generation of readers to discover the classic work and prior generations to rediscover its power and beauty.
Fans and scholars alike will appreciate these important, insightful, and timely pieces. Fourteen of the fifteen have been previously published but are gathered here for the... Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien's masterpiece. The essays span fi...
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84,59 zł |
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Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity
ISBN: 9780618478859 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A timely critical analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterful trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, addresses the social and political structure of Middle-earth, its nature and ecology, and the spirituality and ethics of Tolkien's world.
A timely critical analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterful trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, addresses the social and political structure of Middle-eart...
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76,13 zł |
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The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier
ISBN: 9780664229016 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this thorough and engaging book, Gabriel McKee explores the inherent theological nature of science fiction, using illustrations from television shows, literature, and films. Science fiction, he believes, helps us understand not only who we are but who we will become. McKee organizes his chapters around theological themes, using illustrations from authors such as Isaac Asimov and H. G. Wells, television shows such as Star Trek and The Twilight Zone, and films such as The Matrix and Star Wars. With its extensive bibliography and index, this is a book that all... In this thorough and engaging book, Gabriel McKee explores the inherent theological nature of science fiction, using illustrations from television ... |
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118,48 zł |
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The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World
ISBN: 9780684859781 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From one of science fiction's most acclaimed novelists comes this engrossing journey through the books, movies, and television programs that have shaped our perspective of both the present and the future. In an uncompromising, often irreverent survey of the genre from Edgar Allan Poe to Philip K. Dick to Star Trek, Thomas M. Disch analyzes science fiction's impact on technological innovation, fashion, lifestyle, military strategy, the media, and much more.
An illuminating look at the art of science fiction (with a practitioner's insight into craft), as well as a work of pointed... From one of science fiction's most acclaimed novelists comes this engrossing journey through the books, movies, and television programs that have shap...
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76,13 zł |
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Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West
ISBN: 9780700614301 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will the settlement of Mars prove much different from the settlement of the West? Look to science fiction master Kim Stanley Robinson for fascinating ideas; then turn to historian Carl Abbott for further insights. Over the last half-century, science fiction has witnessed increasing complexity in its treatments of future homesteading, community building, mining, and other themes familiar to western historians. Considering these common threads, this is the first book to explore the ways that science fiction writers have drawn directly on narratives of the American West to frame their...
Will the settlement of Mars prove much different from the settlement of the West? Look to science fiction master Kim Stanley Robinson for fascinating ...
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302,44 zł |
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More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form
ISBN: 9780719063657 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices of reading texts from literary and cultural studies to consider the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in an accessible, readable manner. Contains detailed discussion of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: 'Tomb Raider', 'Half-Life', 'Close Combat' and 'Sim City'. Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global phenomenon.
The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices ...
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82,48 zł |
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Stephen King's the Dark Tower: A Concordance, Volume II
ISBN: 9780743252089 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba A Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references-- within Stephen King's bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work--that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. Includes:
-Characters and Genealogies -Magical Objects and Forces -Mid-World and Our World Places -Portals and Magical Places -Mid-, End-,... The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba A Concordance, Volume II is the defi...
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122,67 zł |
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Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology
ISBN: 9780745621210 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Written by an authority on Husserl and phenomenology. Dermot Moran's 'Introduction to Phenomenology' published by Routledge has been incredibly successful. * This will be the most comprehensive, high quality volume on Husserl available.
* Written by an authority on Husserl and phenomenology. Dermot Moran's 'Introduction to Phenomenology' published by Routledge has been incredibly succ...
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330,12 zł |
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Star Trek Reader's Reference: Novels 1970-1979
ISBN: 9780759635968 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What Star Trek Encyclopedia did for the TV episodes, this reference does for the first twelve novels. Here can be found information about the seven main characters, plots, planets, allusions, quotations, and stardates. A must for any STAR TREK fan.
What Star Trek Encyclopedia did for the TV episodes, this reference does for the first twelve novels. Here can be found information about the seven ma...
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70,39 zł |
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The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth For Dummies
ISBN: 9780764541865 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. J.R.R. Tolkien's novels of Middle-earth - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Silmarillian - have become some of the most famous, and most beloved, literary works of the twentieth century. And the Lord of the Rings films by director Peter Jackson have re-ignited interest in Tolkien and his works, as well as introduced his stories to a new generation of fans.
Even if you've never read the novels and have only seen the films, you know that the world of Middle-earth is a complicated one. Tolkien took great care in representing this world, from... J.R.R. Tolkien's novels of Middle-earth - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Silmarillian - have become some of ...
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77,22 zł |
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Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
ISBN: 9780776605708 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No longer dismissed as "escapist" reading, critics have finally discovered a brave new world of science fiction and fantasy literature. This book is a long-overdue tribute to this previously ignored genre, placing these works within a general context of Canadian literature and culture.
No longer dismissed as "escapist" reading, critics have finally discovered a brave new world of science fiction and fantasy literature. This book is a...
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93,48 zł |
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The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction: A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre
ISBN: 9780786413041 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been incorporating science - not only the commonly thought of science and technology but also the soft sciences such as psychology and sociology - into what was previously considered mainstream fiction. This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others that incorporate science and fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre termed span. It also examines works by some science fiction writers...
From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been ...
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242,97 zł |
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The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and Time in the Ransom Stories
ISBN: 9780786418244 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Used by C.S. Lewis himself, the term scientifiction is revived here as it once encompassed not only what we call science fiction, but also that indeterminate field of the 1940s and 1950s sometimes referred to as science fantasy (leading up to Ray Bradbury), along with a portion of that great realm that has come, since the advent of The Lord of the Rings, to be called fantasy. Rather as an eighteenth-century novel may pre-date the divide between novel and romance, so C.S. Lewis's interplanetary novels may be considered to pre-date the modern divide between fantasy and science fiction and thus...
Used by C.S. Lewis himself, the term scientifiction is revived here as it once encompassed not only what we call science fiction, but also that indete...
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124,72 zł |
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Worlds Apart?: Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias
ISBN: 9780786421428 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the ?utopian spirit? in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is the emergence of a new hybrid subgenre, particularly in science fiction and fantasy, which incorporates utopian strategies within the dystopian narrative, particularly in the feminist dystopias of the 1980s and 1990s. The author names this new subgenre ?transgressive utopian dystopias.? Suzette Haden Elgin's "Native Tongue" trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna's "Holdfast" series, and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" are thoroughly analyzed within...
Literary critics and scholars have written extensively on the demise of the ?utopian spirit? in the modern novel. What has often been overlooked is th...
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242,97 zł |
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Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language
ISBN: 9780786428274 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have more in common than one might expect. These essays focus on the broad themes and motifs which concerned both authors. They seek to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, "corrected," and otherwise held an ongoing dialogue with...
Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and au...
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183,73 zł |
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Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-Eyed Monsters: How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our Nightmares
ISBN: 9780786429165 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical study discusses the ways in which speculative fiction reflects societal fears and analyzes how such cautionary tales contribute to society's efforts to avoid the realization of these fears. Beginning with a discussion of the nature of speculative fiction, it takes a look at the characteristics of the cautionary tale. The core of the book is the concept of the ?Nightmares Model, ? which examines and categorizes the repetition of specific themes within the genre. The dangers of science and technology, the perils of power, and the threat of the unknown are discussed as recurrent...
This critical study discusses the ways in which speculative fiction reflects societal fears and analyzes how such cautionary tales contribute to socie...
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183,73 zł |
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Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780786430796 / Angielski / Miękka / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, this critical study explores the many ways in which his work influenced the genre. It summarizes the science fiction theories of Gernsback and his successors, considers his efforts to define science fiction both verbally and visually, and for the first time offers detailed studies of his rarest periodicals, including Technocracy Review, Superworld Comics, and Science-Fiction Plus. An analysis of his ground-breaking novel, Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660, and its influences on a variety of science fiction...
An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, this critical study explores the many ways in which his work influenced t...
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183,73 zł |
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One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine l'Engle and Orson Scott Card
ISBN: 9780786431359 / Angielski / Miękka / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is largely misunderstood as a result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. The author asserts that mythopoeic fantasy is not only the most complete literary expression of a worldview based on the existence of supernatural or spiritual powers but that the genre is in a unique position to transform social consciousness with a renewed emphasis on anticipating the future.
This work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is largely misunderst...
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183,73 zł |
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Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles
ISBN: 9780787978907 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature as -the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author.- But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the Chronicles...
Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in T...
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66,92 zł |
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Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre
ISBN: 9780801491467 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Fantastic, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to examine both generic theory and a particular genre, moving back and forth between a poetics of the fantastic itself and a metapoetics or theory of theorizing, even as he suggest that one must, as a critic, move back and forth between theory and history, between idea and fact. His work on the fantastic is indeed about a historical phenomenon that we recognize, about specific works that we may read, but it is also about the use and abuse of generic theory. As an essay in fictional poetics, The Fantastic is consciously... In The Fantastic, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to examine both generic theory and a particular genre, moving back and forth between a poetics of ... |
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104,49 zł |
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