Description |
1 online resource (xix, 227 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction. The world Dick made: science fiction, humanism, and postmodern literature -- The metamorphosis of science fiction: Kafka, Dick, and postmodern humanism -- Parallel minds, alternate worlds: Borges, Dick, and the politics of oppression -- Divine textualities: Calvino, Dick, and authoring creation -- Time, love, and narcosis: the importance of now wait for last year -- Conclusion. The postmodern humanist: Philip K. Dick in the twenty-first century |
Summary |
Annotation In The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick, Jason Vest examines how Dick adapted the conventions of science fiction and postmodernism to reflect humanist concerns about the difficulties of maintaining identity, agency, and autonomy in the latter half of the 20th century. He also explores literary relationship to Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index |
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Print version record |
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Dick, Philip K. -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Dick, Philip K. fast |
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Dick, Philip K. 1928-1982 gnd |
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Dick, Philip K. -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Dick, Philip K. swd |
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Humanism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Humanism in literature
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Literatur
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Postmoderne
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Postmodernism (litteratur)
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780810866973 |
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0810866978 |
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1282521047 |
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9781282521049 |
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9786612521041 |
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661252104X |
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