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Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s- 1990s focuses on fin-de-siècle British and postmodern American fictions of apocalypse and investigates the ways in which these narratives demonstrate shifts in the relations among modern discourses of power and knowledge.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Technoscience
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Front Matter
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Conclusion: Post-Millennial Apocalypse
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Back Matter
Reviews
“For anyone with an interest in fin-de-siѐcle fictions of all forms, including Gothic, horror, SF, steampunk, and cyberpunk, or even just science geeks who want to develop their understanding of the wider implications and impacts of technology and invention, Mousoutzanis’s Fin-de-Siѐcle Fictions will be an inspiration for years to come.” (Jillian Wingfield, The British Society for Literature and Science, October 29, 2019)
“A portrait of centuries' ends, of catastrophic denouements and apocalyptic rebirths, Fin de Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s brings to life the millennial preoccupations characteristic of the emergence and consolidation of global capitalism and technoscientific Empire. The range of texts from HG Wells to Octavia Butler, future war fiction to Star Trek, lost world fiction to The X-Files and contexts with which it engages is impressive.” (Dr Mark Bould, University of the West of England, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at University of Brighton, UK. He has published on apocalyptic literature, science fiction and the Gothic, as well as on new media and online communities. He is currently researching on the relations between trauma theory and media culture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s
Book Subtitle: Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire
Authors: Aris Mousoutzanis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137430144
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26365-0Published: 23 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44267-6Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43014-4Published: 27 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 258
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature, Literary Theory, Fiction, Nineteenth-Century Literature, North American Literature