Celestial hellscapes : cosmology as the key to the Strugatskiis' science fictions /

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The common thread of astronomy is fantastically important for understanding the Strugatskiis' works--their most important works are experiments in cosmology. This book explores how the Strugatskiis cosmological explorations are among the most fundamental elements of their art. It also examines...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reese, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2019.
Series:Real twentieth century
Subjects:
Strugat͡skiĭ, Arkadiĭ, > 1925-1991 > Criticism and interpretation.
Strugat͡skiĭ, Boris, > 1933-2012 > Criticism and interpretation.
Strugat͡skiĭ, Arkadiĭ, > 1925-1991
Strugat͡skiĭ, Boris, > 1933-2012
Science fiction, Russian > Soviet Union > History and criticism.
Cosmology in literature.
Astronomy in literature.
Cosmologie dans la littérature.
Astronomie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Astronomy in literature
Cosmology in literature
Science fiction, Russian
Soviet Union
20th century literature.
A Billion Years Until the End of the World.
Aleksandr Pushkin.
Andrei Tarkovsky.
Arkady Strugatskii.
Arkady Strugatsky.
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
Astronomy.
Boris Strugatskii.
Boris Strugatsky.
Cosmology.
Literary studies.
Post-WWII Soviet literature.
Roadside Picnic.
Russian authors.
Russian literature.
Russian science fiction.
Science fiction.
Soviet Union literature.
Soviet authors.
Soviet literature.
Soviet science fiction.
Strugatskii brothers.
Strugatskii.
Strugatsky brothers.
Strugatsky.
Svoiet art.
The Doomed City.
The Inhabited Island.
The Second Martian Invasion.
The Stalker.
The Yids of the City of Peter.
The Zone.
Those Burdened by Evil.
comparative literature.
postmodern literature.
postmodernism.
twentieth century literature.
twentieth-century literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Strugatskiis' Pushkinian cosmology
  • A biography through astronomy
  • Minor planets: the Strugatskiis' earlier experiments in cosmology
  • The hell of the ignorant: The Second Martian Invasion
  • Poincare's starless hell: The Inhabited Island
  • Exceptions to the laws of thermodynamics: Roadside Picnic
  • "Long live darkness!": A Billion Years Until the End of the World
  • The island universe and the copper doorknob: The Doomed City
  • Chronic bewilderment and astronomical "fact": Those Burdened by Evil
  • Coda. "Day and night my man in black gives me no peace ... ": The Yids of the City of Peter.

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