Relativism, alternate history, and the forgetful reader : reading science fiction and historiography /

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This book channels the speculative power of science fiction to examine the limits of postmodern philosophies of history. By contrasting the questioning nature of science fiction to postmodern philosophy of history, it finds that this postmodernism often engages in a forgetful, even ahistorical, read...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thiess, Derek, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Science fiction > History and criticism.
Literature and history.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Alternative histories (Fiction) > History and criticism.
Littérature et histoire.
Postmodernisme (Littérature)
Uchronie (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Literature and history
Science fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Namshub of history
  • The forgetful reader
  • Forgetting the scientific revolution
  • Trivial literature and the techno-pagan nazi
  • The Da Vinci Code phenomenon and orthodoxy
  • Madness and the text.

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