Shakespeare and science fiction /

In Shakespeare and Science Fiction Sarah Annes Brown investigates why so many science fiction writers have turned to Shakespeare when imagining humanity's future. He and his works become a kind of touchstone for the species in much science fiction, both transcending and exemplifying what it mea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Sarah Annes (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Series:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 71.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The whirligig of time' : Shakespeare and time travel
  • 2. `The self was not the same' : alternative Shakespeares
  • 3. `Bounded in a nutshell' : dystopian Shakespeares
  • 4. `King of infinite space' : new worlds and alien species
  • 5. `Something rich and strange' : Prospero's magic and science fiction
  • 6. `Whilst this machine is to him' : Shakespeare and posthuman identity
  • 7. `Is this the promised end?' : Shakespeare and post-apocalyptic science fiction.