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Zusatztext "In this probing study we see how our sci-fi dreams remain haunted by inexorable Time and discover why postmodernist reports of the death of Time are mistaken." Informationen zum Autor Elana Gomel is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, which she chaired for two years. She is the author of three academic books and a number of articles, on topics ranging from science fiction to narrative theory; and from poetics of evolution to the Victorian novel. Vorwort Through the lens of science fiction, this book investigates representations of time in postmodernism. Zusammenfassung Are we living in a post-temporal age? Has history come to an end? This book argues against the widespread perception of postmodern narrativity as atemporal and a historical, claiming that postmodernity is characterized by an explosion of heterogeneous narrative 'timeshapes' or chronotopes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: World Enough and Time 2. The Times Machines 3. Strangled by a Time Loop: Paradoxes of Determinism 4. The Garden of History: The Branching Paths of Contingency 5. Everyday Apocalypse: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the End of Time 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index
List of contents
1. Introduction: World Enough and Time
2. The Times Machines
3. Strangled by a Time Loop: Paradoxes of Determinism
4. The Garden of History: The Branching Paths of Contingency
5. Everyday Apocalypse: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the End of Time
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Elana Gomel is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, which she chaired for two years. She is the author of three academic books and a number of articles, on topics ranging from science fiction to narrative theory; and from poetics of evolution to the Victorian novel.
