Critical theory -- Science fiction -- Genre, theory, and phases of canon-formation -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and style -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and the historical novel -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and utopia -- Science fiction and the canon -- Solaris: Stanisław Lem and the structure of cognition -- The dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin and the ambiguities of utopia -- The two of them: Joanna Russ and the violence of gender -- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand: Samuel Delany and the dialectics of difference -- The man in the high castle: Philip K. Dick and the construction of realities -- Coda: critical theory, science fiction, and the postmodern
Critical theory and science fiction
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2000
Verlag:
Wesleyan University Press, Hanover
Critical theory -- Science fiction -- Genre, theory, and phases of canon-formation -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and style -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and the historical novel -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and...
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Critical theory -- Science fiction -- Genre, theory, and phases of canon-formation -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and style -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and the historical novel -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and utopia -- Science fiction and the canon -- Solaris: Stanisław Lem and the structure of cognition -- The dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin and the ambiguities of utopia -- The two of them: Joanna Russ and the violence of gender -- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand: Samuel Delany and the dialectics of difference -- The man in the high castle: Philip K. Dick and the construction of realities -- Coda: critical theory, science fiction, and the postmodern. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Critical theoryScience fiction -- Genre, theory, and phases of canon-formation -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and style -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and the historical novel -- The critical dynamic: science fiction and utopia -- Science fiction and the canon -- Solaris: Stanisław Lem and the structure of cognition -- The dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin and the ambiguities of utopia -- The two of them: Joanna Russ and the violence of gender -- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand: Samuel Delany and the dialectics of difference -- The man in the high castle: Philip K. Dick and the construction of realities -- Coda: critical theory, science fiction, and the postmodern.
