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Lois McMaster Bujold : essays on a modern master of science fiction and fantasy / edited by Janet Brennan Croft.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.U397 Z74 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 37.
- Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy ; 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bujold, Lois McMaster--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bujold, Lois McMaster.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, American.
- Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 207 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Lois McMaster Bujold has won a shelf full of awards for both her science fiction and fantasy writing. This collection of fresh essays aims to present a variety of critical perspectives addressing many aspects of her writing. Attention is given to both her Miles Vorkosigan science fiction series and her Chalion and Sharing Knife fantasy series"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Love and Death in the Vorkosiverse: An Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold / Sandra J. Lindow Lindow, Sandra J. 9
- From Both Sides Now: Bujold and the Fan Fiction Phenomenon / Amy H. Sturgis Sturgis, Amy H. 16
- Legitimacy and Legibility: Rereading Civil Discourse Through Feminist Figurations in Cordelia's Honor / Regina Yung Lee Lee, Regina Yung 27
- The Influence of Family and Moral Development in Bujold's Vorkosigan Series / Sandra J. Lindow Lindow, Sandra J. 50
- The Soldier and the Cipher: Miles, Mark, and the Naming Plots of Bujold's Vorkosiverse / Janet Brennan Croft Croft, Janet Brennan 61
- The Emperor's Shoe: Power, Home, and the Other in the Vorkosigan Saga / Andrew Hallam Hallam, Andrew 77
- Chaos and Quest: Miles Vorkosigan's Disability Narrative / Virginia Bemis Bemis, Virginia 104
- Broken Brothers in Arms: Acting the Man in The Warrior's Apprentice / Linda Wight Wight, Linda 116
- Difference and Ability: Conceptualizing Bodily Variation in the Vorkosigan Series / Shannan Palma Palma, Shannan 134
- The Decay of the Cyborg Body in Bujold's Memory / Sylvia Kelso Kelso, Sylvia 148
- From Iberian to Ibran and Catholic to Quintarian: Bujold's Alternate History of the Spanish Reconquest in the Chalion Series / David D. Oberhelman Oberhelman, David D. 159
- (Absent) Gods and Sharing Knives: The Purposes of Lois McMaster Bujold's Fantastic Ir/Religions / John Lennard Lennard, John 172.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786468331
- 0786468335
- OCLC:
- 808416753
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