Science fiction : a literary history /

Science fiction has existed as a popular genre for around 150 years. This book offers a survey of the genre from nineteenth-century pioneers to contemporary authors, introducing the plural versions of early science fiction across the world, before examining the emergence of the 'scientific roma...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Luckhurst, Roger (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : British Library, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Beginnings: Early Forms of Science Fiction / Arthur B. Evans
  • ch. 2. From Scientific Romance to Science Fiction: 1870
  • 1914 / Roger Luckhurst
  • ch. 3. Utopian Prospects, 1900
  • 49 / Caroline Edwards
  • ch. 4. Pulp SF and its Others, 1918
  • 39 / Mark Bould
  • ch. 5. After the War, 1945
  • 65 / Malisa Kurtz
  • ch. 6. The New Wave `Revolution,' 1960
  • 76 / Rob Latham
  • ch. 7. From the New Wave into the Twenty-First Century / Sherryl Vint
  • ch. 8. New Paradigms, After 2001 / Gerry Canavan.