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The Cambridge Companion to Science Fictionby Edward James; Farah Mendlesohn
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 24.00Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields; it draws on popular culture, and engages in speculation about science, history, and all types of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at the genre from different angles. more...
The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodern Fictionby Bran Nicol
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 21.00A lucid exploration of the key features of postmodernism and the most important authors from Beckett to DeLillo. more...
Twentieth-Century Fictionby Peter Verdonk; Jean Jacques Weber
Routledge 1995; US$ 49.95By applying recent trends in literary and linguistic theory to a range of 20th Century fiction, the contributors make new theoretical insights accessible to student readers. An essential introduction to the subject. more...
Science Fictionby L. David Allen
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Science Fiction: an Introduction, you'll gain insight into the differing styles of science fiction, discover how true science shapes the genre, and see how science fiction serves as an important historical marker for society. You'll dive into works by some of the great masters of science fiction, including Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Ursula LeGuin, Frank Herbert, and more. This study guide carries you along on incredible... more...
Fantasyby Rosemary Jackson
Routledge 1981; US$ 37.95This study argues against vague interpretation of fantasy as mere escapism and seeks to define it as a distinct kind of narrative.The issues that are bought up are discussed in relation to a wide range of fantasies with varying images. more...
How to Live Foreverby Stephen Clark
Routledge 1995; US$ 148.00Immortality has been a long-explored subject. How to Live Forever is a compelling study which introduces students and professional philosophers to the possibilities of using science fiction in their work. more...
Poetics of Postmodernismby Linda Hutcheon
Routledge 1988; US$ 41.95Neither a defense nor a denunciation of the postmodern, it continues Hutcheon's previous projects in studying formal self-consciousness in art, but adds to this both a historical and ideological dimension. more...
Postmodernist Fictionby Brian McHale
Routledge 1987; US$ 39.95'This is one of the most lively and lucid studies of contemporary fiction around. Whether or not you agree with his provocative definition of the postmodern, McHale's argument is always engaging, bold and forceful' - Linda Hutcheon more...
Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fictionby Robyn McCallum
Routledge 1999; US$ 121.00This book examines the representation of selfhood in adolescent and children's fiction, using a Bakhtinian approach to subjectivity, language and narrative. more...
Politics of Postmodernismby Linda Hutcheon
Routledge 2002; US$ 28.95Working through the issue of representation, in art forms from fiction to photography, Linda Hutcheon sets out postmodernism's highly political challenge to the dominant ideologies of the western world. more...