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Jules Verne : narratives of modernity / edited by Edmund J. Smyth.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 20.
- Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905--Criticism and interpretation.
- Verne, Jules.
- Science fiction, French--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, French.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays reflect the diversity of approaches currently being brought to bear on the writings of Jules Verne.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Contributors; 1: Verne, SF, and Modernity: an Introduction; 2: Jules Verne and the French Literary Canon; 3: Jules Verne and the Limitations of Literature; 4: The Fiction of Science, or the Science of Fiction; 5: 'L'Ici-bas' and 'l'Au-delà' ... but Not as they Knew it. Realism, Utopianism and Science Fiction in the Novels of Jules Verne; 6: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Paris: Paris au XXe siècle; 7: Future Past: Myth, Inversion and Regression in Verne's Underground Utopia; 8: Measurement and Mystery in Verne
- 9: The Science is Fiction: Jules Verne, Raymond Roussel, and Surrealism10: Mysterious Masterpiece; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78138-060-0
- 1-84631-340-6
- OCLC:
- 476209966
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