Darko Suvin Metamorphoses of Science Fiction (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Metamorphoses of Science FictionCondition: NewEAN: 9783034319485ISBN: 9783034319485Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der WissenschaftenFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/28/2016Item Height: 225mmItem Length: 150mmItem Weight: 720gAuthor: Darko SuvinContributor: Gerry Canavan (Edited by), Raffaella Baccolini (Series edited by), Joachim Fischer (Series edited by), Michael Griffin (Series edited by), Michael G. Kelly (Series edited by), Tom Moylan (Series edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: On the Poetics and History of a Literary GenreDescription: Returning to print for the first time since the 1980s, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction is the origin point for decades of literary and theoretical criticism of science fiction and related genres. Darko Suvin’s paradigm-setting definition of SF as «the literature of cognitive estrangement» established a robust theory of the genre that continues to spark fierce debate, as well as inspiring myriad intellectual descendants and disciples. Suvin’s centuries-spanning history of the genre links SF to a long tradition of utopian and satirical literatures crying out for a better world than this one, showing how SF and the imagination of utopia are now forever intertwined. In addition to the 1979 text of the book, this edition contains three additional essays from Suvin that update, expand and reconsider the terms of his original intervention, as well as a new introduction and preface that situate the book in the context of the decades of SF studies that have followed in its wake.Country/Region of Manufacture: CHBook Series: Ralahine Utopian StudiesGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Literary CriticismType: TextbookRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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