Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s: Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 mai 2014

Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s- 1990s focuses on fin-de-siècle British and postmodern American fictions of apocalypse and investigates the ways in which these narratives demonstrate shifts in the relations among modern discourses of power and knowledge.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137263650
ISBN-10: 1137263652
Pagini: 258
Ilustrații: IX, 258 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:2014
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire 1. When Time Shall Be No More: Entropy, Degeneration, History 2. The Eternal Return of Chaos 3. Dusk of the Nations: Century's End and Imperial Crisis 4. Terminal Bodies: New Men and Women for the '00s Conclusion: Post-Millennial Apocalypse Bibliography Index

Recenzii

“For anyone with an interest in fin-de-siѐcle fictions of all forms, including Gothic, horror, SF, steampunk, and cyberpunk, or even just science geeks who want to develop their understanding of the wider implications and impacts of technology and invention, Mousoutzanis’s Fin-de-Siѐcle Fictions will be an inspiration for years to come.” (Jillian Wingfield, The British Society for Literature and Science, October 29, 2019)

Notă biografică

Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at University of Brighton, UK. He has published on apocalyptic literature, science fiction and the Gothic, as well as on new media and online communities. He is currently researching on the relations between trauma theory and media culture.

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