Alternate history : playing with contingency and necessity / Kathleen Singles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singles, Kathleen, 1982-

Contributor:

Bode, Christoph, editor.

Series:

Narrating Futures ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative histories (Fiction)--History and criticism.

Alternative histories (Fiction).

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre,such as Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Philip Roth's The Plot against America, as well as less widely-discussed manifestations of the genre, such as Dieter Kühn's N, Christian Kracht's Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten, and Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Content

1. Introduction

2. The Poetics of Alternate History

3. Case Studies

4. Conclusion

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110272475

3110272474

OCLC:

862809341