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Author Lacey, Lauren J., 1976- author.

Title The past that might have been, the future that may come : women writing fantastic fiction, 1960s to the present / Lauren J. Lacey
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 195 pages .)
Series Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy ; 43
Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 43.
Contents Introduction: Fantastic interventions -- Beastly beauty and other revisioned fairy tales -- Tampering with time in historical narratives -- Working through the wreckage in dystopian fiction -- Becoming-alien in feminist space fiction -- Conclusion: Becoming powerful
Summary "This book explores how contemporary fantastic fiction by women writers responds to the past and imagines the future. Writers considered include Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Angela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, and Jeanette Winterson. The book reveals how fantastic fiction can be read as narratives of disruption that enable the creation of an ethics of becoming"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Science fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Fantasy literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Femininity (Philosophy) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Femininity (Philosophy) in literature
Science fiction -- Women authors
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 147661430X
9781476614304