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Histories of the future
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- Book Synopsis
- This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines some of the ways in which writers, artists, film-makers, strategists and political thinkers have imagined the future over the last two centuries. Although a number of contributions discuss 'mainstream' science fiction, the collection's emphasis is not on any single genre, but rather on the ways in which different histories - technological, cultural, military, ideological - generate and inform different modes of speculation about things to come. These histories also disclose that our patterns of expectation are much influenced by our relationship to the past.
- About The Author
- ALAN SANDISON is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of New England, NSW. His publications include The Wheel of Empire (1967), The Last Man in Europe (1974: later revised and enlarged as George Orwell: After 1984 [1986]), and Robert Louis Stevenson and the Appearance of Modernism (1996). ROBERT DINGLEY is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of New England, NSW and was formerly a Research Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford. His publications include The Land of the Golden Fleece (1995).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780333776414
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan, (03 May 2016)
- Number of Pages
- 202
- Weight
- 460 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 19 mm
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