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Learning from other worlds : estrangement, cognition and the politics of science fiction and utopia /

A collection of new essays on science fiction and utopian literature honouring the work of Darko Suvin, the scholar and literary theorist who co-founded the journal Science-Fiction Studies in 1973. The title of this volume attempts to convey the essence of?cognitive estrangement? in relation to SF a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parrinder, Patrick, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
Colección:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A collection of new essays on science fiction and utopian literature honouring the work of Darko Suvin, the scholar and literary theorist who co-founded the journal Science-Fiction Studies in 1973. The title of this volume attempts to convey the essence of?cognitive estrangement? in relation to SF and utopia: that by imagining strange worlds we learn to see our own world in a new perspective. The contributors have all been influenced by Darko Suvin?s belief that the double movement of estrangement and cognition reflects deep structures of human storytelling. Learning from otherness is as natu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 312 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781846313493
184631349X