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Intersections By:"George Edgar Slusser" Published on 1987 by SIU Press These 17 essays from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference examine the relationship between fantasy and science fiction. They propose that fantasy and science fiction are not isolated commercial literary forms, but instead are literary forms worthy of the recognition reserved for traditional literature. Discussion of genre identification ranges from the standard forms of literary criticism embodied in Aristotle’s mimesis and poesis to innovative and possibly controversial points of view such as a theory of humor, a philosophy of time, and a detailed analysis of Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat. The essays provide not only a detailed study of literary elements but also the historical treatment of the material, its commercial use, and its relationship to similar literary forms such as the gothic tale and horror fiction. While few of the essayists agree with one another, they all contribute creative insights...

Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System By:"John Rieder" Published on 2017-03-07 by Wesleyan University Press In Science Fiction and the Mass Cultural Genre System, John Rieder asks literary scholars to consider what shape literary history takes when based on a historical, rather than formalist, genre theory. Rieder starts from the premise that science fiction and the other genres usually associated with so-called genre fiction comprise a system of genres entirely distinct from the pre-existing classical and academic genre system that includes the epic, tragedy, comedy, satire, romance, the lyric, and so on. He proposes that the field of literary production and the project of literary studies cannot be adequately conceptualized without taking into account the tensions between these two genre systems that arise from their different modes of production, distribution, and reception. Although the careful reading of individual texts forms an important part of this study...

Latin Fiction By:"Heinz Hofmann" Published on 2004 by Psychology Press Latin Fiction provides a chronological study of the Roman novel from the Classical period to the Middle Ages, exploring the development of the novel and the continuity of Latin culture. Essays by eminent and international contributors discuss texts including: * Petronius, Satyrica and Cena Trimalchionis * Apuleius, Metamorphose(The Golden Ass) and The Tale of Cupid and Psyche * The History of Apollonius of Tyre * The Trojan tales of Dares Phrygius and Dictys Cretensis * The Latin Alexander * Hagiographic fiction * Medieval interpretations of Cupid and Pysche, Apollonius of Tyre and the Alexander Romance. For any student or scholar of Latin fiction, or literary history, this will definitely be a book to add to your reading list. This Book was ranked 1 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Science Fiction Film By:"J. P. Telotte" Published on 2001-09-24 by Cambridge University Press Science Fiction Film examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they have evolved in American culture over the course of the twentieth century. J. P. Telotte provides a survey of science fiction film criticism, emphasizing humanist, psychological, ideological, feminist, and postmodern critiques. He also sketches a history of the genre, from its earliest literary manifestations to the present, while touching on and comparing it to pulp fiction, early television science fiction, and Japanese anim. Telotte offers in-depth readings of three key films: Robocop, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and THX 1138, each of which typifies a particular form of science fiction fantasy. Challenging the boundaries usually seen between high and low culture, literature a...

Animal Alterity By:"Sherryl Vint" Published on 2012-03-01 by Liverpool University Press Uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human. This title argues that we are better able to perceive options for a transformed politics if we perceive our various material relations with non-human animals within a deeper understanding of the functions of the category 'animal'. This Book was ranked 28 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Fiction as History By:"Glen Warren Bowersock" Published on 1997 by Univ of California Press Using pagan fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, G. W. Bowersock investigates the complex relationship between \ This Book was ranked 16 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction By:"Rob Latham" Published on 2014 by Oxford University Press, USA The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction attempts to descry the historical and cultural contours of SF in the wake of technoculture studies. Rather than treating the genre as an isolated aesthetic formation, it examines SF's many lines of cross-pollination with technocultural realities since its inception in the nineteenth century, showing how SF's unique history and subcultural identity has been constructed in ongoing dialogue with popular discourses of science and technology. The volume consists of four broadly themed sections, each divided into eleven chapters. Section I, \ This Book was ranked 1 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Science Fiction By:"Eric S. Rabkin" Published on 1983-09-29 by Oxford University Press Science fiction stories dealing with the effects of technology on civilization include authors ranging from Jonathan Swift and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Isaac Asimov and Harlan Ellison This Book was ranked 21 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers' Advisory By:"Derek M. Buker" Published on 2002-01 by American Library Association Science fiction and fantasy and their various subgenres are summarized, and recommended books in each subgenre are described, in this guide for librarians unfamiliar with science fiction and fantasy. Subgenres covered include classic and general science fiction, cyberpunk, time travel, aliens, historical fantasy, quest fantasy, and fantasy romance. An appendix lists Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, and World Fantasy award winners. This Book was ranked 4 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Greek Fiction By:"Richard Stoneman" Published on 1994 by Psychology Press First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. This Book was ranked 4 by Google Books for keyword fiction.

Fantasy Fiction By:"Lucie Armitt" Published on 2005-04-13 by A&C Black This is a series of introductory books about different types of writing. One strand of the series will focus on genres such as Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, and Crime. The other strand will focus on movements or styles often associated with historical and cultural locations - Postcolonial, Native American, Scottish, Irish, American Gothic. These introductions all share the same nine-part structure: 1.A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements 2.A timeline of historical developments 3.Critical concerns to bear in mind while reading 4.Detailed readings of several key texts 5.In-depth analysis of major themes and issues 6.Signposts for further study 7.A summary of the most important criticism in the field 8.A glossary of terms 9.An annotated, critical reading list Writers covered in this book include: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling...

Latin American Science Fiction Writers By:"Darrell B. Lockhart" Published on 2004 by Greenwood Publishing Group Presents profiles of seventy authors, each one with a biography, a discussion of the author's work, and primary and secondary bibliographical sources. This Book was ranked 40 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

Science Fiction and Market Realities By:"George Edgar Slusser","Gary Westfahl","Eric S. Rabkin" Published on 1996 by University of Georgia Press Through case studies, other contributors relate science fiction to other forms of \ This Book was ranked 18 by Google Books for keyword science fiction.

The Nature of Fiction By:"Gregory Currie" Published on 1990-10-26 by Cambridge University Press This important book provides a theory about the nature of fiction, and about the relation between the author, the reader and the fictional text. The approach is philosophical: that is to say, the author offers an account of key concepts such as fictional truth, fictional characters, and fiction itself. The book argues that the concept of fiction can be explained partly in terms of communicative intentions, partly in terms of a condition which excludes relations of counterfactual dependence between the world and the text. This communicative model is then applied to the following problems: how can something be 'true in the story' without being explicitly stated in the text? In what ways does interpreting a fictional story depend upon grasping its author's intentions? Is there always a unique best interpretation of a fictional text? What is the correct semantics for fictio...