Paul Kincaid

Keith Roberts¿s Pavane

A Critical Companion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth analysis of Keith Roberts's Pavane and explores why this work was instrumental to the evolution of the Science Fiction genre in British Literature. In addition to a focused exploration of the individual stories and themes that make up Pavane, this study also presents a commentary on the mosaic structure of this work, and the impact this has on the book as a whole. Through its discussion of themes such as religion, technology and morality, this text explores how alternate history plots can be used as a commentary or criticism of the current state of society.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-71566-2
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9783031715662
• ISBN-10: 3031715667
• Artikelnr.: 71325916

Autorenporträt

Paul Kincaid has won the Thomas Clareson Award from the Science Fiction Research Association, and has twice won the BSFA Non-Fiction Award. He has been shortlisted on multiple occasions for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work, The British Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Assembling the Mosaic.- Chapter 2: Measures of the Dance.- Chapter 3: Future Historic; Chapter 4: Pharisees and Inquisitors.- Chapter 5: Grief for the Death of Stones.- Chapter 6: Equivalents of a Dream.