{"product_id":"the-origins-of-science-fiction-hardcover","title":"The Origins of Science Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Newton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Few travelled in these days, for, thanks to the advance of science, the earth was exactly alike all over. Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeating itself. What was the good of going to Peking when it was just like Shrewsbury?'\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Machine Stops\u003c\/em\u003e, E. M. Forster \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology provides a selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers together classic short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's playful hoaxes to Gertrude Barrows Bennett's feminist fantasy. In this way, the book shows the vitality and literary diversity of the field, and also expresses something of the potent appeal of the visionary, the fascination with science, and the allure of an imagined future that characterised this period. An excellent resource for those interested in science fiction, and also an essential volume for understanding the development of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his introduction, Michael Newton draws together literary influences from Jonathan Swift to Mary Shelley, the interest in the irrational and dreaming mind, and the relation of the tales to the fact of Empire and the discoveries made by anthropology. He also considers how the figure of the alien and non-human 'other' complicated contemporary definitions of the human being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Newton, \u003cem\u003eSenior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Leiden\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMICHAEL NEWTON is the author of \u003cem\u003eSavage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) and \u003cem\u003eAge of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence, 1865-1981\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). On the subject of cinema, he has written \u003cem\u003eShow People: A History of the Film Star\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and books on \u003cem\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) and \u003cem\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) for the BFI Film Classics series. He has edited Edmund Gosse's \u003cem\u003eFather and Son and Victorian Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics, and Joseph Conrad's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Ghost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e for Penguin Classics, and co-edited the anthology, \u003cem\u003eLiterature and Science, 1660-1834: Science as Polite Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (Pickering \u0026amp; Chatto). He teaches literature and film at Leiden University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.56 x 8.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785912877344,"sku":"9780198853619","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c8e54a5c855b1ea9cebd778d9c10ddda.webp?v=1780623351","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-origins-of-science-fiction-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}