| Description |
xvii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave histories of literature |
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Palgrave histories of literature.
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| Contents |
Contents 1 Definitions -- 2 Science fiction and the ancient novel -- Interlude : A.D. 400-1600 -- 3 Seventeenth-century science fiction -- 4 Eighteenth-century science fiction -- 5 Early nineteenth-century science fiction -- 6 Science fiction 1850-1900 -- 7 Jules Verne and H. G. Wells -- 8 The early twentieth century : high modernist science fiction -- 9 Early twentieth-century science fiction : the pulps -- 10 Golden age science fiction 1940-1960 -- 11 The impact of new wave science fiction 1960s-1970s -- 12 Science fiction screen media 1960-2000 : Hollywood cinema and television -- 13 Prose science fiction 1970s-1990s -- 14 Late twentieth-century science fiction : multimedia, visual science fiction and others -- Postscript : twenty-first-century science fiction -- Chronology of key titles in science fiction and developments in science |
| Summary |
Summary: "The first comprehensive critical history of science fiction (SF) for thirty years, this book traces the origin and development of SF from Ancient Greece, via its rebirth in the seventeenth century, up to the present day. Concentrating on literary SF and (in the later chapters) cinema and TV, it also discusses the myriad forms this genre takes in the contemporary world, including a chapter on graphic novels, SF pop music, visual art and ufology." "The History of Science Fiction argues that, even today, this flourishing cultural idiom is shaped by the forces that determined its rise to prominence in the 1600s: the dialogue between Protestant and Catholic worldviews, the emerging technologies of the industrial age, and the cultural anxieties and excitements of a rapidly changing world. This fascinating new volume will be of interest to all students, researchers and fans of SF."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 359) and index |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0333970225 (hbk.) |
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