Brian Baker

Science Fiction (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This Guide summarises the main critical trends and developments surrounding the popular genre of science fiction. Brian Baker reviews the attempts to formulate a critical history, connects the major developments with the rise of theoretical paradigms such as feminism and postmodernism, and introduces key critical texts and major critics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137474452
• Artikelnr.: 43455269

Autorenporträt

Brian Baker is Lecturer in English at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction .- 1. Definitions .- 2. A History of the Histories.- 3. Science Fiction Writers on Science Fiction .- 4. The British Tradition.- 5. The US Tradition .- 6. Utopias and Dystopias .- 7. Feminism, Science Fiction and Cyberpunk.- 8. Science Fiction and Cinema.- Conclusion .- Notes .- Bibliography .- Index.