New worlds for old;, the apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature
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New worlds for old;, the apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
New worlds for old;
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
772148
Sub title
the apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature
Table Of Contents
Science fiction -- A prophecy of America, the moon, and mars -- Edgar Allen Poe and the visionary tradition of science fiction -- The left hand of darkness: Ursula K. LeGuin's archetypal "Winter-journey" -- Utopian fantasy as millennial motive and science-fictional motif -- The means and ends of science fiction -- The transformed world of Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland -- Solaris and the illegitimate suns of science fiction -- Epoch-eclipse and apocalypse: special "effects" in A Connecticut yankee -- New dimensions of time, space, and literature -- Melville's The confidence-man and the fiction of science -- Vonnegut's Spiral siren call: From Dresden's Lunar vistas to Tralfamadore
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- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation
- End of the world in literature
- Science fiction, American + History and criticism
- Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
- Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court (Twain, Mark)
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Apocalyptic literature + History and criticism
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
- Apocalyptic literature + History and criticism
- Science fiction, American + History and criticism
- Science fiction, American
- Vonnegut, Kurt -- Criticism and interpretation
- Science fiction
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
- CHR 1974
- End of the world in literature
- Apocalyptic literature
- Science-Fiction-Literatur
- Science fiction
- PRO Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Wieland (Brown, Charles Brockden)
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 -- Criticism and interpretation
- End of the world in literature
- Science fiction, American + History and criticism
- Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
- Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court (Twain, Mark)
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Apocalyptic literature + History and criticism
- Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-
- Apocalyptic literature + History and criticism
- Science fiction, American + History and criticism
- Science fiction, American
- Vonnegut, Kurt -- Criticism and interpretation
- Science fiction
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation
- CHR 1974
- End of the world in literature
- Apocalyptic literature
- Science-Fiction-Literatur
- Science fiction
- PRO Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Wieland (Brown, Charles Brockden)
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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