Science Fiction and Anticipation - Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel

Science Fiction and Anticipation focuses on American and European influential works of science fiction published between the 18th and 20th century. The book explores how writers presented in this book envisioned the future of their country, and it discusses issues such as ethics, censorship, racism, sexism, and slavery.

Table des matières

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Mercier's The Year 2440, a Dream and a "Thought Experiment"
Bernard Montoneri
Chapter Two: Origins of Hard Science Fiction: An Approach
Fernando Darío González Grueso
Chapter Three: Beyond Utopia: The Dystopian Capitalist Society in Paris in the Twentieth Century (1863)
Murielle El Hajj Nahas
Chapter Four: With Second Sight and Afro-pessimism: The Im/Possibility of Black Utopia in Martin R. Delany's Blake; or, The Huts of America
Michaela Keck
Chapter Five: The Phenomenon of Human-Animal Hybridization in Russian Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Anna Toom
Chapter Six: Barjavel, Ravage: roman extraordinaire (1943)
Bernard Montoneri and Murielle El Hajj Nahas
Chapter Seven: Dystopia as the First-person World: Rereading E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops as a Pandemic Novel of a Global Society
Akiyoshi Suzuki
Chapter Eight: Orwellian Themes and Echoes in Today's World-A Perspective
Beena Giridharan
Chapter Nine: The 19th Century American Socialism: A Vision of A Future Utopia
Majed S Al-Lehaibi and Bernard Montoneri
Chapter Ten: The Invention of Morel, a Projection on Dreams and Immortality
Miguel Ángel González Chandía
Appendix: Some key titles in science fiction
Index
About the Editor and Contributors

A propos de l'auteur

Bernard Montoneri is independent researcher in Taiwan.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Bernard Montoneri
• Collaboration: Bernard Montoneri (Editeur), Montoneri Bernard (Editeur)
• Edition: Lexington Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781666918137
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-813-7
• Pages: 262
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000