The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction: A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre - Couverture souple

Brigg, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786413042 ISBN 13 : 9780786413041

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2002

Synopsis

From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been incorporating science--not only the commonly thought of science and technology but also the "soft" sciences such as psychology and sociology--into what was previously considered mainstream fiction. This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science in fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre termed "span." It also examines works by some science fiction writers who are edging closer to the border of science fiction and slowly over into span. This book maps the boundaries of the new span genre of fiction and thus helps define texts that fall outside the realms of mainstream and science fiction. Diagrams are included and a bibliography and index.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Brigg is an associate professor of English at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786413042
• ISBN 13: 9780786413041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible