The Alternate History
Refiguring Historical Time
Published on 21. May 2013
130 pages
978-1-61277-269-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time examines alternate history science fiction using the eschatological, genetic, entropic, and teleological historical models. Hellekson's original approach explains much of the appeal of alternate history and distinguishes among the many varieties of the genre. In her measured consideration of a range of writers, Hellekson displays a deep and broad knowledge of the major works in this genre-those by famous or neglected writers alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ashland
United States
File size
6,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61277-269-1 (9781612772691)
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Kent State University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Inventing the Past: A Brief Background of the Alternate History
- 2. Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee: Alternate History, Narrativity, and the Nature of Time
- 3. Parallel Worlds: Simultaneity and Time
- 4. Narrative, Temporality, and Historicity in Philip K. Dick's: The Man in the High Castle
- 5. Looking Forward: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's: The Difference Engine
- 6. Looking Backward: Entropy and Brian Aldiss's: The Malacia Tapestry
- 7. Poul Anderson's Time Patrol as Anti-Alternate History
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
