Relativism, alternate history, and the forgetful reader : reading science fiction and historiography / Derek Thiess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiess, Derek, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction--History and criticism.

Science fiction.

Literature and history.

Postmodernism in literature.

Alternative histories (Fiction)--History and criticism.

Alternative histories (Fiction).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book channels the speculative power of science fiction to examine the limits of postmodern philosophies of history. By contrasting the questioning nature of science fiction to postmodern philosophy of history, it finds that this postmodernism often engages in a forgetful, even ahistorical, reading of the past. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Forgetful Reader; 2 Forgetting the Scientific Revolution; 3 Trivial Literature and the Techno-Pagan Nazi; 4 The Da Vinci Code Phenomenon and Orthodoxy; 5 Madness and the Text; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9618-9

OCLC:

897378650