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Science Fiction Before 1900: Imagination Discovers Technology

By Paul K. Alkon

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415938872, 9780415938877
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6086548 bytes)
Series
Genres in Context
Pages
198\192
Topic
Literature
Time added
2016-08-12 21:22:47
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Description

Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's Court and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.

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