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Transgressing time : the device at the heart of time travel / Edward Royston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Royston, Edward, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Technique.
- Fiction.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Speculative fiction--History and criticism.
- Speculative fiction.
- Time travel in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "The first systemic analysis of time travel as a narrative device in literature and pop culture, drawing on readings of Octavia E. Butler, Scott Alexander Howard, Jack Finney, and others"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Toward a rhetoric of time travel
- This only happens in fiction
- The anachronic metalepsis
- Characteristics of the anachronic metalepsis
- Dilation and relativity : the anachronic metalepsis and the speed of light
- Autochthony and recursion : the anachronic metalepsis and causal and temporal loops
- Celebrating and interrogating nostalgia : the anachronic metalepsis and historical revision
- Traveling to other times : the anachronic metalepsis and alternate histories
- Spatializing time : the anachronic metalepsis and space
- Conclusion: Closing the loop.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed May 1, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Royston, Edward. Transgressing time.
- ISBN:
- 9780814284919
- 0814284914
- 9780814285312
- 0814285317
- OCLC:
- 1587116291
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000368705
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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