Classical Traditions in Science Fiction

Zusatztext Whereas a classics scholar may be confused by the different approaches to defining and originating science fiction, Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is a particularly helpful work in orienting science fiction scholars toward a more historical approach to the genre. The work shows that even the most advanced and surreal worlds of science fiction hark back to classical origins in their reflections on humanity, knowledge, and ethics. Informationen zum Autor Brett M. Rogers is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Puget Sound. Benjamin Eldon Stevens is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Hollins University. Klappentext Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection dedicated to the rich study of science fiction's classical heritage, offering a much-needed mapping of its cultural and intellectual terrain. Zusammenfassung Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection dedicated to the rich study of science fiction's classical heritage, offering a much-needed mapping of its cultural and intellectual terrain.

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• Authors: Assistant Professor of Classics Brett M (U Rogers, Brett M. Rogers, Brett M. (Assistant Professor of Classics Rogers, Brett M. (EDT)/ Stevens Rogers, Brett M. Stevens Rogers
• Assisted by: Brett M. Rogers (Editor), Rogers Brett M. (Editor), Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Editor), Stevens Benjamin Eldon (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9780199988419
• ISBN: 978-0-19-998841-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Classical Presences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Rom, Griechenland, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form