The Resource Anticipations : essays on early science fiction and its precursors, edited by David Seed
Anticipations : essays on early science fiction and its precursors, edited by David Seed
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- Summary
- This volume of essays examines early, primarily nineteenth-century, examples of science fiction. The essays focus particularly on how this fiction engages with such contemporary issues as exploration, the development of science and social planning. Several of the writers discussed (Mary Shelley, Poe, Verne, Wells) have been proposed by literary historians as the founders of science fiction. The aim in these essays, however, is not to privilege one individual, but rather to look at the gradual convergence of a number of different genres and at the process of continuing influence of one writer on his/her successor. The collection strikes a balance between a discussion of the established names within the field and less well known works such as Symzonia and The Battle of Dorking. The volume concludes with a consideration of the utopias and dystopias of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Syracuse University Press ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 225 pages
- Note
- "First published 1995 by Liverpool University Press ... United Kingdom"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- 'Able mechanick' : the life and the adventures of Peter Wilkins and the eighteenth-century fantastic voyage / Paul Baines
- Science fiction by gaslight : an introduction to English-language science fiction in the nineteenth century / Edward James
- Frankenstein and the origins of science fiction / Brian Stableford
- From Mary Shelley to The war of the worlds : the Thames Valley catastrophe / Patrick Parrinder
- Breaking the bounds : the rhetoric of limits in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, his contemporaries and adaptors / David Seed
- Verne's amazing journeys / M. Hammerton
- Imagining the future : predictive fiction in the nineteenth-century / Brian Nellist
- Imagination and inversion in nineteenth-century utopian writing / Simon Dentith
- Prediction, programme and fantasy in Jack London's the Iron heel / Tony Barley
- Alien dreams : Kipling / Stephen R.L. Clark
- Lesbians and virgins : the new motherhood in Herland / Val Gough
- Isbn
- 9780815626329
- Label
- Anticipations : essays on early science fiction and its precursors
- Title
- Anticipations
- Title remainder
- essays on early science fiction and its precursors
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by David Seed
- Subject
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Literary form
- Literature and science -- English-speaking countries
- Literature and science -- France
- Science fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Science fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Science fiction, French -- History and criticism
- Utopias in literature
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Voyages, Imaginary -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume of essays examines early, primarily nineteenth-century, examples of science fiction. The essays focus particularly on how this fiction engages with such contemporary issues as exploration, the development of science and social planning. Several of the writers discussed (Mary Shelley, Poe, Verne, Wells) have been proposed by literary historians as the founders of science fiction. The aim in these essays, however, is not to privilege one individual, but rather to look at the gradual convergence of a number of different genres and at the process of continuing influence of one writer on his/her successor. The collection strikes a balance between a discussion of the established names within the field and less well known works such as Symzonia and The Battle of Dorking. The volume concludes with a consideration of the utopias and dystopias of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Seed, David
- Series statement
- Utopianism and communitarianism
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science fiction, English
- Science fiction, American
- Literature and science
- Science fiction, French
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Literature and science
- Utopias in literature
- Literary form
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Label
- Anticipations : essays on early science fiction and its precursors, edited by David Seed
- Note
- "First published 1995 by Liverpool University Press ... United Kingdom"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- 'Able mechanick' : the life and the adventures of Peter Wilkins and the eighteenth-century fantastic voyage / Paul Baines -- Science fiction by gaslight : an introduction to English-language science fiction in the nineteenth century / Edward James -- Frankenstein and the origins of science fiction / Brian Stableford -- From Mary Shelley to The war of the worlds : the Thames Valley catastrophe / Patrick Parrinder -- Breaking the bounds : the rhetoric of limits in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, his contemporaries and adaptors / David Seed -- Verne's amazing journeys / M. Hammerton -- Imagining the future : predictive fiction in the nineteenth-century / Brian Nellist -- Imagination and inversion in nineteenth-century utopian writing / Simon Dentith -- Prediction, programme and fantasy in Jack London's the Iron heel / Tony Barley -- Alien dreams : Kipling / Stephen R.L. Clark -- Lesbians and virgins : the new motherhood in Herland / Val Gough
- Control code
- 31434708
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Syracuse University Press ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780815626329
- Isbn Type
- (cl)
- Lccn
- 94043054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1659197
- Label
- Anticipations : essays on early science fiction and its precursors, edited by David Seed
- Note
- "First published 1995 by Liverpool University Press ... United Kingdom"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 'Able mechanick' : the life and the adventures of Peter Wilkins and the eighteenth-century fantastic voyage / Paul Baines -- Science fiction by gaslight : an introduction to English-language science fiction in the nineteenth century / Edward James -- Frankenstein and the origins of science fiction / Brian Stableford -- From Mary Shelley to The war of the worlds : the Thames Valley catastrophe / Patrick Parrinder -- Breaking the bounds : the rhetoric of limits in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, his contemporaries and adaptors / David Seed -- Verne's amazing journeys / M. Hammerton -- Imagining the future : predictive fiction in the nineteenth-century / Brian Nellist -- Imagination and inversion in nineteenth-century utopian writing / Simon Dentith -- Prediction, programme and fantasy in Jack London's the Iron heel / Tony Barley -- Alien dreams : Kipling / Stephen R.L. Clark -- Lesbians and virgins : the new motherhood in Herland / Val Gough
- Control code
- 31434708
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Syracuse University Press ed.
- Extent
- xvi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780815626329
- Isbn Type
- (cl)
- Lccn
- 94043054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1659197
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Literary form
- Literature and science -- English-speaking countries
- Literature and science -- France
- Science fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Science fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Science fiction, French -- History and criticism
- Utopias in literature
- Voyages, Imaginary
- Voyages, Imaginary -- History and criticism
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