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The Science Fiction Handbook "Hubble, Nick"

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ; Literature and Culture HandbooksPublication details: United States Continuum Publishing Corporation 21/11/2013Description: 256 PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781441170965
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.0876209 NIC
Contents:
"Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers"
Summary: "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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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.

"Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers"

"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."

General (US: Trade); Tertiary Education (US: College)

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Historical Context of Science Fiction
  • 2 An Annotated Science Fiction Timeline
  • 3 Major Science Fiction Authors
  • 4 Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts
  • 5 Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts in Science Fiction Studies
  • 6 Key Critical Concepts, Topics and Critics
  • 7 The Science Fiction Film
  • 8 Science Fiction Criticism
  • 9 Changes in the Canon
  • 10 Issues of Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity
  • 11 Mapping the Current Critical Landscape
  • Index (p. 255)

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CHOICE Review

This will be a satisfying book for teachers and students of science fiction. The nonlinear structure allows readers to select material that meets their needs, but the entire book is a worthy resource. Comprising11 chapters, the volume offers brief historical context that traces science fiction from modernity to the future; an annotated time line that integrates science fiction and major events from the 16th century to the present; chapters outlining major authors and key primary literary texts, critical concepts, and theoretical approaches; major science fiction films; and a discussion of science fiction studies in the 21st century. Particularly fruitful are chapters describing changes in the canon and issues of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity; these offer theoretically oriented assessments of the growing inclusion of nonwhite male authors, characters, and perspectives in science fiction. These chapters in particular showcase the exciting potential for science fiction to illustrate possible futures "that disavow the prescriptive nature of representation." Though scholarly in tone, this collection is clearly written and accessible to all audiences. --Stephanie Ellen Vie, University of Central Florida

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