Description: Metamorphoses of Science Fiction : On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre, Paperback by Suvin, Darko; Canavan, Gerry (EDT), ISBN 3034319487, ISBN-13 9783034319485, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Returning to print for the first time since the 1980s, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction is the origin point for decades of literary and theoretical criticism of science fiction and related genres. Darko Suvin’s paradigm-setting definition of SF as «the literature of cognitive estrangement» established a robust theory of the genre that continues to spark fierce debate, as well as inspiring myriad intellectual descendants and disciples. Suvin’s centuries-spanning history of the genre links SF to a long tradition of utopian and satirical literatures crying out for a better world than this one, showing how SF and the imagination of utopia are now forever intertwined. In addition to the 1979 text of th, this edition contains three additional essays from Suvin that update, expand and reconsider the terms of his original intervention, as well as a new introduction and preface that situate th in the context of the decades of SF studies that have followed in its wake.
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Book Title: Metamorphoses of Science Fiction : On the Poetics and History of
Number of Pages: 472 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Metamorphoses of Science Fiction : on the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Subject: Science Fiction & Fantasy, American / General, Russian & Former Soviet Union, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2016
Features: New Edition
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Gerry Canavan
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Ralahine Utopian Studies
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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