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Author:
Lacey, Lauren J., 1976- author.
Title:
The past that might have been, the future that may come : women writing fantastic fiction, 1960s to the present / Lauren J. Lacey.
Publisher:
McFarland & Company,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Science fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Fantasy literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Femininity (Philosophy) in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Fantastic interventions -- Beastly beauty and other revisioned fairy tales -- Tampering with time in historical narratives -- Working through the wreckage in dystopian fiction -- Becoming-alien in feminist space fiction -- Conclusion : Becoming powerful.
Summary:
"This book explores how contemporary fantastic fiction by women writers responds to the past and imagines the future. Writers considered include Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Angela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, and Jeanette Winterson. The book reveals how fantastic fiction can be read as narratives of disruption that enable the creation of an ethics of becoming"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy ; 43
ISBN:
0786478268 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786478262 (softcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)862575305
LCCN:
2013041749
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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