The Science Fiction Handbook
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2013
256 pages
978-1-4725-3896-3 (ISBN)
Description
As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent. The Science Fiction Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the genre and how to study it for students new to the field. In particular, it provides detailed entries on major writers in the SF field who might be encountered on university-level English Literature courses, ranging from H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick, to Doris Lessing and Geoff Ryman. Other features include an historical timeline, sections on key writers, critics and critical terms, and case studies of both literary and critical works. In the later sections of the book, the changing nature of the science fiction canon and its growing role in relation to the wider categories of English Literature are discussed in depth introducing the reader to the latest critical thinking on the field.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-3896-3 (9781472538963)
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Nick Hubble | Aris Mousoutzanis
The Science Fiction Handbook
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11/2013
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Nick Hubble is Head of English Literature at Brunel University, London, UK.
Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, University of Brighton, UK.
Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, University of Brighton, UK.
Content
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Nick Hubble
1 The Historical Context of Science Fiction
Nick Hubble
2 An Annotated Science Fiction Timeline
Joseph Norman
3 Major Science Fiction Authors
Nick Hubble, Emma Filtness and Joseph Norman
4 Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts
Christopher Daley
5 Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts in Science Fiction Studies
Jessica Langer
6 Key Critical Concepts, Topics and Critics
David M. Higgins and Roby Duncan
7 The Science Fiction Film
Aris Mousoutzanis
8 Science Fiction Criticism
Andrew M. Butler
9 Changes in the Canon
Adam Roberts
10 Issues of Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity
Pat Wheeler
11 Mapping the Current Critical Landscape
Sherryl Vint
Index 255
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Nick Hubble
1 The Historical Context of Science Fiction
Nick Hubble
2 An Annotated Science Fiction Timeline
Joseph Norman
3 Major Science Fiction Authors
Nick Hubble, Emma Filtness and Joseph Norman
4 Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts
Christopher Daley
5 Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts in Science Fiction Studies
Jessica Langer
6 Key Critical Concepts, Topics and Critics
David M. Higgins and Roby Duncan
7 The Science Fiction Film
Aris Mousoutzanis
8 Science Fiction Criticism
Andrew M. Butler
9 Changes in the Canon
Adam Roberts
10 Issues of Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity
Pat Wheeler
11 Mapping the Current Critical Landscape
Sherryl Vint
Index 255
