262 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the... Read more
1: Departures: Orientation and Maps 2: Macrological: Old Futures 3: Micrological: Futureplay 4: Macrological: Outer Space 5: Centrepoint: Retrospective/Prospective 6: Micrological: New Words 7: Macrological: New Worlds 8: Micrological: Poetic Planes 9: Arrivals: The Ends of the Earth ReferencesIndex
Biography
Peter Stockwell is a lecturer in English at the University of Nottingham.
'Here's what you have been waiting for, folks: 'a user's guide to science fiction'......As far as I am aware, Stockwell's Poetics is the first fully-developed linguistic approach to science fiction.'
Brian McHale, The Ohio State University, USA, Language and Literature, Book Reviews, Vol 1 12 (3).
