Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler: Slaves, Aliens, and Vampires is a timely text that critically situates Butler's fiction in several fields of study including American, African-Ameri……続きを見る
Postapocalyptic Fiction and the Social Contract: 'We'll Not Go Home Again' provides a framework for our fascination with the apocalyptic events. The popular appeal of the end of the world genre is c……続きを見る
The writer of alternate history asks “what if?” What if one historical event were different, what would the world look like today? In a similar way, the postmodern philosopher of history suggests th……続きを見る
著者:Brian Attebery
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2016年05月31日
Myth is oral, collective, sacred, and timeless. Fantasy is a modern literary mode and a popular entertainment. Yet the two have always been inextricably intertwined. Stories about Stories examines f……続きを見る
From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate……続きを見る
As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent. The Science Fiction Handbook provides a comprehensive gui……続きを見る
Guiding readers through key writers and genres, historical contexts and major theoretical approaches, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of popular fiction. Charting the rise of comme……続きを見る
Once upon a time, one had to read Japanese in order to enjoy manga. Today manga has become a global phenomenon, attracting audiences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The style has be……続きを見る
As both an extra-terrestrial and a terrestrial migrant, the alien provides a critical framework to help us understand the interactions between cultures and to explore the transgressive force of trav……続きを見る
著者:J. P. Telotte
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2014年03月26日
The first in the Routledge Television Guidebooks series, Science Fiction TV offers an introduction to the versatile and evolving genre of science fiction television, combining historical overview wi……続きを見る
First published in 2003. With essays by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, Dark Horizons focuses on the development of critical dystopia in science fiction at the end of the t……続きを見る
著者:Noga Applebaum
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2009年09月10日
In this new book, Noga Applebaum surveys science fiction novels published for children and young adults from 1980 to the present, exposing the anti-technological bias existing within a genre often a……続きを見る
This science fiction novel is for those seeking to understand what it means to be human. During this interstellar journey one will; commit an original sin or few, bear witness to the e……続きを見る
Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effe……続きを見る
This book gathers together many of the illuminating essays on science fiction and fantasy film penned by a major critic in the SF field. The pieces are roughly organized in the chronological order o……続きを見る
This volume, a collection with contributions from some of the major scholars of the Gothic in literature and culture, reflects on how recent Gothic studies have foregrounded a plethora of technologi……続きを見る
著者:Zoe Jaques
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2015年02月11日
An investigation of identity formation in children's literature, this book brings together children’s literature and recent critical concerns with posthuman identity to argue that children’s fiction……続きを見る
An insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary's Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defianc……続きを見る
Extrait : Un coup de feu retentit dans la nuit. ー Qu’est-ce que c’est ? dit un monsieur, en passant sa tête par la portière d’un coupé qui roulait sur le chemin d’&E……続きを見る
著者:Ronald Zigler
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2015年03月05日
The visionary legacy of Aldous Huxley is as relevant today as ever. Huxley possessed a sober understanding of the human condition as well as an inspired vision of the human potential. This volume pr……続きを見る
Romanian Literary Criticism - Michael Haulică evoluează decis, cu avantajul celui ce s-a străduit ani în şir să urmărească riguros un fenomen mai complex decît ar putea părea el celor din afara dome……続きを見る
著者:Charlotte Ross
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2010年09月13日
This innovative reading of Primo Levi’s work offers the first sustained analysis in English of his representations of bodies and embodiment. Discussion spans the range of Levi’s works ー from testim……続きを見る
In diesem Buch wollen wir die Werkgeschichte sowohl der Bücher als auch der Filme Revue passieren lassen. Die Rezensionen und Erläuterungen der F.A.Z.-Autoren werden dabei ergänzt und untermalt von ……続きを見る
The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!
Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around……続きを見る
In this exuberant book, the incomparable Ray Bradbury shares the wisdom, experience, and excitement of a lifetime of writing.
The first thing a writer should be is – excited
Author of the iconic FAH……続きを見る
Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality (both factual and fictional), this book investigates how concept……続きを見る
著者:Jason Haslam
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2015年05月08日
This book focuses on the interplay of gender, race, and their representation in American science fiction, from the nineteenth-century through to the twenty-first, and across a number of forms includ……続きを見る
19 essays on the importance of representation in science fiction and fantasy, with an introduction by author Aliette de Bodard. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Carl Brandon Socie……続きを見る
Les Grecs et les Romains, dans leurs histoires, nous ont transmis, en suffisance pour notre édification, des actes de femmes vertueuses et d’un cœur quasi viril. Notre Lithuanie, elle au……続きを見る
Before it reached television, science fiction existed on the printed page, in comic books, and on movie screens for decades. Adapting science fiction to the new medium posed substantial challenges: ……続きを見る