Science fiction
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Science fiction
（A reader's guide to essential criticism）
Macmillan Education/Palgrave, 2014
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-174) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This Guide summarises the main critical trends and developments surrounding the popular genre of science fiction. Brian Baker reviews the attempts to formulate a critical history, connects the major developments with the rise of theoretical paradigms such as feminism and postmodernism, and introduces key critical texts and major critics.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Definitions
2. A History of the Histories
3. Science Fiction Writers on Science Fiction
4. The British Tradition
5. The US Tradition
6. Utopias and Dystopias
7. Feminism, Science Fiction and Cyberpunk
8. Science Fiction and Cinema
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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