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Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection cover a wide variety of modern and contemporary narrative fiction from Jo Walton and L. Sprague De Camp to T. S. Chaudhry and Catherynne M. Valente. Chapters look into the question of chance versus determinism in the unfolding of historical events, the role individuals play in shaping a society or occasion, and the way art and literature symbolise important messages in counterfactual histories. They also show how uchronic narratives can take advantage of modern literary techniques to reveal new and relevant aspects of the past, giving voices to marginalised minorities and suppressed individuals of the ancient world. Counterfactual fiction and uchronic narratives have been largely up until now the domain of literary critics. However, these modes of literature are here analysed by scholars of Ancient History, Egyptology and Classics, shedding important new light on how cultures of the ancient world have been (and still are) perceived, and to what extent our conceptions of the past are used to explore alternate presents and futures. Alternate history entices the imagination of the public by suggesting hypothetical scenarios that never occurred, underlining a latent tension between reality and imagination, and between determinism and contingency. This interest has resulted in a growing number of publications that gauge the impact of what-if narratives, and this one is the first to give scholars of the ancient world centre-stage.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Release |
: 2024-08-22 |
File |
: 205 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781350281646 |
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BOOK EXCERPT:
Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection cover a wide variety of modern and contemporary narrative fiction from Jo Walton and L. Sprague De Camp to T. S. Chaudhry and Catherynne M. Valente. Chapters look into the question of chance versus determinism in the unfolding of historical events, the role individuals play in shaping a society or occasion, and the way art and literature symbolise important messages in counterfactual histories. They also show how uchronic narratives can take advantage of modern literary techniques to reveal new and relevant aspects of the past, giving voices to marginalised minorities and suppressed individuals of the ancient world. Counterfactual fiction and uchronic narratives have been largely up until now the domain of literary critics. However, these modes of literature are here analysed by scholars of Ancient History, Egyptology and Classics, shedding important new light on how cultures of the ancient world have been (and still are) perceived, and to what extent our conceptions of the past are used to explore alternate presents and futures. Alternate history entices the imagination of the public by suggesting hypothetical scenarios that never occurred, underlining a latent tension between reality and imagination, and between determinism and contingency. This interest has resulted in a growing number of publications that gauge the impact of what-if narratives, and this one is the first to give scholars of the ancient world centre-stage.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Release |
: 2024-08-22 |
File |
: 257 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781350281639 |
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Alternate history is a genre of fiction that, although connected to science fiction, has its own rich history and lineage. With its roots in the writings of ancient Rome, alternate history matured into something close to its current form in the essays and novels of the nineteenth century. In more recent years a number of highly acclaimed novels have been published as alternate histories, by authors ranging from bestselling science fiction writers to Pulitzer prize-winning literary icons. The popularity of the genre is reflected in its success on television, where original concepts have been developed alongside adaptations of classic texts such as Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle. This collection of essays, by both leading scholars in the field and rising stars, seeks to redress an imbalance between the importance and quality of alternate history texts and the available critical scholarship on the genre. The essays acknowledge the long and distinctive history of alternate history whilst also revelling in its vitality, adaptability, and contemporary relevance.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Glyn Morgan |
Publisher |
: Liverpool Science Fiction Text |
Release |
: 2019-09-30 |
File |
: 216 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781789620139 |
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This classic work is an essential tool for collection development, research, reference, and readers' advisory work."--BOOK JACKET.
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Genre |
: Language Arts & Disciplines |
Author |
: Neil Barron |
Publisher |
: Libraries Unlimited |
Release |
: 2004-12-30 |
File |
: 1026 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCSC:32106017538494 |
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"Examines women's contributions to science fiction and fantasy across a range of media and genres, such as fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, and music."--
Product Details :
Genre |
: Fiction |
Author |
: Robin Anne Reid |
Publisher |
: Greenwood |
Release |
: 2008-12-30 |
File |
: 416 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015080819595 |
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Genre |
: American literature |
Author |
: Rose Arny |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1996-10 |
File |
: 1592 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015023732475 |
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Geoff Klock argues that the bizarre portrayal of historical writers in post-Enlightenment English poetry constitutes a genre, a battleground for two central conflicts: the confrontation of the self-sufficient Romantic imagination with the brute fact of external precursors (in the nineteenth century); and the participation in, and simultaneous deflation of, Romantic idealism (in the twentieth).
Product Details :
Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Geoff Klock |
Publisher |
: Continuum |
Release |
: 2007-06 |
File |
: 296 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105123330073 |
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Product Details :
Genre |
: Publishers and publishing |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2007-10 |
File |
: 1120 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NWU:35556039240429 |
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Marxistische analyse.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Communism and literature |
Author |
: J. M. Bernstein |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1984 |
File |
: 328 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015001778359 |
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Philip Eyrikson Tetlock |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2006 |
File |
: 438 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105114434637 |