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Science fiction and climate change : a sociological approach /

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Main Authors: Milner, Andrew (Author), Burgmann, J. R. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Series:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 63.
Subjects:
Science fiction > History and criticism.
Climatic changes in literature.
Literary studies: from c 1900.
Climate change.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
History > Modern > 20th century.
History > Modern > 21st century.
Science > Global Warming & Climate Change.
Literary Criticism > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Science fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Ice, Fire and Flood: A Short Pre-history of Climate Fiction
  • 1. Flood Narratives: Gilgamesh and Noah
  • 2. Flood Narratives in Modern Science Fiction
  • 3. Ice and Fire
  • 4. Conclusion
  • 2. A Theoretical Interlude
  • 1. Cli-fi and SF
  • 2. Ecocriticism, Anthropocentrism and the Anthropocene
  • 3. Cli-fi and the Sociology of Literature
  • 4. Towards an Ideal Typology of Climate Fictions
  • 5. Narrative Strategies and Tactics
  • 3. Climate Fiction and the World Literary System
  • 1. Heat and The Sea and Summer
  • 2. Science Fiction and the World Literary System
  • 3. Climate Fiction and the World Literary System
  • 4. The Classical Dystopia in Climate Fiction
  • 1. Denial
  • 2. Mitigation
  • 3. Negative Adaptation
  • 4. Positive Adaptation
  • 5. Gaia
  • 5. The Critical Dystopia in Climate Fiction
  • 1. Denial
  • 2. Mitigation
  • 3. Negative Adaptation
  • 4. Positive Adaptation
  • 5. Gaia
  • 6. The Problem of Fatalism in Dystopian Climate Fiction
  • 1. Fatalism in the Classical Dystopia
  • 2. Fatalism in the Critical Dystopia
  • 3. Time-travelling and Fatalism
  • 7. Base Reality Texts and Eutopias
  • 1. Base Reality Texts
  • 2. (Mainly) Critical Eutopias
  • 3. Cli-fi Narratives in Summary
  • 8. Cli-fi in Other Media
  • 1. Other Print Media
  • 2. Recorded Popular Music
  • 3. Audio-visual Media
  • 9. Changing the Climate: Some Provisional Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index