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Jules Verne rediscovered : didacticism and the scientific novel / Arthur B. Evans.
Van Pelt Library PQ2469.Z5 E88 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Arthur B.
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of world literature 0738-9345 ; no. 27.
- Contributions to the study of world literature. 0738-9345 ; no. 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905--Criticism and interpretation.
- Verne, Jules.
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
- Didactic fiction, French--History and criticism.
- Didactic fiction, French.
- Science fiction, French--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, French.
- Voyages, Imaginary.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Science in literature.
- Genre:
- Voyages, Imaginary.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- This first modern American study of Jules Verne offers a wide-ranging reappraisal of a very familiar but often misunderstood author and his works. In spite of his status as one of the most translated novelists of all time, Verne and his Voyages Extraordinaires have long been neglected in American literary scholarship. This book seeks to reaffirm Verne's significant contribution to the development of early science fiction through a detailed investigation of his romans scientifiques. Evans has focused his study on the didactic dimension of Verne's narratives, which were originally intended to teach the rudements of science and morality to French youth through the medium of popular fiction.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [165]-189.
- ISBN:
- 0313260761
- OCLC:
- 17384201
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