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1 online resource (1014 pages) |
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The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series |
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Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series.
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
"This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism. In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he offers new and innovative readings of both acknowledged classics and rediscovered gems. Rider proposes that the basic texture of much science fiction -- in particular its vacillation between fantasies of discovery and visions of disaster -- is established by the profound ambivalence that pervades colonial accounts of the exotic "other." Includes discussion of works by Edwin A. Abbott, Edward Bellamy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John W. Campbell, George Tomkyns Chesney, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edmond Hamilton, W. H. Hudson, Richard Jefferies, Henry Kuttner, Alun Llewellyn, Jack London, A. Merritt, Catherine L. Moore, William Morris, Garrett P. Serviss, Mary Shelley, Olaf Stapledon, and H. G. Wells."-- Provided by Freading. |
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature and science -- English-speaking countries.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Colonies in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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Electronic books.
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Freading.
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| ISBN |
9780819573803 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9780819573803 |
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