Publishing and the Science Fiction Canon - The Case of Scientific Romance

Re-appraises 'scientific romance', from which science fiction has grown, situating it in the material culture it was produced in.

List of contents

Introduction; Notes on the concept of a canon; Scientific romance; The nineteenth-century book market; The conditions of development 1880¿1910 ; The extraordinisation of ordinary voyages; Science fiction's visual cultures; Conclusion.

Summary

Through readings of key figures like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, this Element argues that changes in publishing and distribution were crucial to the expansion of science fiction. Suitable for anybody interested in the reasons why science fiction went from being a niche variety of fantastical adventure into the global culture it is today.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Roberts, Adam (Royal Holloway Roberts
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108708890
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70889-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements: Publishing and Book Culture; Elements: Publishing and Book; Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Science Fiction, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Classic science fiction, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Fiction and Related items, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form