| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 206 pages) |
| Contents |
Critical theory -- Science fiction -- Genre, theory, and phases of canon-formation -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and style -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and the historical novel -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and utopia -- Science fiction and the canon -- Solaris: Stanisław Lem and the structure of cognition -- The dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin and the ambiguities of utopia -- The two of them: Joanna Russ and the violence of gender -- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand: Samuel Delany and the dialectics of difference -- The man in the high castle: Philip K. Dick and the construction of realities -- Coda: critical theory, science fiction, and the postmodern |
| Summary |
Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Delany, Samuel R. Stars in my pocket like grains of sand
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Dick, Philip K. Man in the high castle.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Dispossessed.
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Lem, Stanisław. Solaris
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Russ, Joanna, 1937-2011. Two of them
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Science fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0819574546 (electronic bk.) |
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9780819574541 (electronic bk.) |
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