| Description |
vii, 305 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cultural history of literature |
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Cultural history of literature.
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| Contents |
1. Conditions of emergence -- 2. Britain : the scientific romance and the evolutionary paradigm -- 3. America : pulp fictions and the engineer paradigm -- 4. 1945 : the technocultural conjuncture -- 5. From atomjocks to cultural critique : American SF, 1939-1959 -- 6. 'All that age, horribly dislocated' : England after 1945 -- 7. The 1960s -- 8. The 1970s -- 9. The 1980s -- 10. The 1990s |
| Summary |
"In this new and timely cultural history of science fiction, Roger Luckhurst examines the genre from its origins in the late nineteenth century to its latest manifestations. The book introduces and explicates major works of science fiction literature by placing them in a series of contexts, using the history of science and technology, political and economic history and cultural theory to develop the means for understanding the unique qualities of the genre."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-297) and index |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
2005274171 |
| ISBN |
0745628931 paperback |
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0745628923 hardback |
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