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Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction

By Rob Latham

Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction Contemporary literature

Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction

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The excitement of possible futures found in science fiction has long fired the human imagination, but the genre's acceptance by academe is relatively recent. No longer marginalized and fighting for respectability, science-fictional works are now studied alongside more traditional art forms. Tracing the capacious genre's birth, evolution, and impact across nations, time periods, subgenres, and media, The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction offers an in-depth, comprehensive assessment of this robust area of scholarly inquiry and considers the future directions that will dictate the terms of the scholarly discourse.
The Handbook begins with a focus on questions of genre, covering topics such as critical history, keywords, narrative, the fantastic, and fandom. A subsequent section on media engages with film, television, comics, architecture, music, video games, and more. The genre's role in the convergence of art and everyday life animates a third section, which addresses topics such as UFOs,
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
640
Release Date:
2014-10-01
Publication Date:
2014-10-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199838844
ISBN13:
9780199838844
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Weight:
1267 g
Height:
175 cm
Width:
250 cm
Thickness:
39 cm

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