Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

Released on by John Rieder
preview-18

  • Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction Book Detail

  • Author : John Rieder
  • Release Date : 2013-01-01
  • Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 201
  • ISBN 13 : 0819573809
  • File Size : 53,53 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder PDF Summary

Book Description: This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism. In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he offers new and innovative readings of both acknowledged classics and rediscovered gems. Rider proposes that the basic texture of much science fiction—in particular its vacillation between fantasies of discovery and visions of disaster—is established by the profound ambivalence that pervades colonial accounts of the exotic “other.” Includes discussion of works by Edwin A. Abbott, Edward Bellamy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John W. Campbell, George Tomkyns Chesney, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edmond Hamilton, W. H. Hudson, Richard Jefferies, Henry Kuttner, Alun Llewellyn, Jack London, A. Merritt, Catherine L. Moore, William Morris, Garrett P. Serviss, Mary Shelley, Olaf Stapledon, and H. G. Wells.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Science Fiction

Science Fiction

File Size : 63,63 MB
Total View : 4302 Views
DOWNLOAD

Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship betwe

Science Fiction in Colonial India, 18351905

Science Fiction in Colonial India, 18351905

File Size : 39,39 MB
Total View : 8987 Views
DOWNLOAD

"Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905" shows, for the first time, how science fiction writing developed in India years before the writings of Jules Ve