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Author:

Palmer, Christopher, 1948- author.

Title:

Apocalypse in crisis : fiction from 'The war of the worlds' to 'Dead astronauts' / Christopher Palmer

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

344 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1900-2099
Apocalypse in literature.
Science fiction, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
English fiction.
Science fiction, English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 9. Beyond Apocalypse -- Two Paths: Jeff Vander Meer and Kim Stanley Robinson. 1. Modern Apocalypses and Modernism: Enter Science Fiction -- 2. The Postwar Disaster Novels: Apocalypse Contained -- pt. 2 Post-Imperial Subjects -- 3. Style and Immolation: J. G. Ballard -- 4. Apocalypse in 1969: Brian Aldiss and Angela Carter -- 5. Darker Imaginations, Harder Lessons: Anna Kavan and Doris Lessing -- pt. 3 Resistance and Revision -- 6. Apocalypse, Comedy, Multiplicity: Arno Schmidt, Anthony Burgess and Ursula K. Le Guin -- 7. Apocalypse and Everyday Life: Tom Perrotta and Douglas Coupland -- 8. Apocalypse in the Contemporary World City: Don DeLillo and China Mieville -- 9. Beyond Apocalypse -- Two Paths: Jeff Vander Meer and Kim Stanley Robinson.

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 72

ISBN:

9781800856042
1800856040

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1240772374

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)