Worlds built to fall apart : versions of Philip K. Dick /
Despite his enduring popularity, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) has long been a marginal figure in American literature, even in the science fiction genre he helped revolutionize. Offering a major new perspective on the author, influential French philosopher David Lapoujade orients Dick within philosophy...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Univocal book.
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| Summary: | Despite his enduring popularity, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) has long been a marginal figure in American literature, even in the science fiction genre he helped revolutionize. Offering a major new perspective on the author, influential French philosopher David Lapoujade orients Dick within philosophy and draws connections to a wide variety of other thinkers and artists, revealing his oeuvre to comprise a profound reality defined by artifice, precarity and control. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in French as L'Altération des mondes: Versions de Philip K. Dick; copyright 2021 by Les Éditions de Minuit. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 182 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781517914615 1517914612 |