Gothic Science Fiction

1818 to the Present
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-38926-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3403 g

Reihe: Palgrave Gothic

Gothic Science Fiction explores the fascinating world of gothic influenced science fiction. From Frankenstein to Doctor Who and from H. G Wells to Stephen King, the book charts the rise of a genre and follows the descent into darkness that consumes it.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacArthur, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: 'One Dreary Night': Early Science Fiction and the Gothic 2. 'Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?': The Role of the Mad Scientist in Gothic Science Fiction 3. 'The Last Man in the World': Gothic Motif in the Apocalyptical Novel 4. 'Its life, Jim, but not as we know it': The Gothic Monster in Science Fiction 5. 'One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back': Immortality and the Fight for Humanity in Gothic Science Fiction 6. 'Henceforth you shall be known as Darth Vader': The Battle between Good and Evil in Gothic Science Fiction 7. 'We are forever in debt to the Dynamic Duo': The Role of the Superhero in Gothic Science Fiction 8. 'Science Fiction and Gothic?.It is strange that the genres should cross at all': In Conclusion Understanding Gothic Science Fiction

Über Autor(innen)

Sian MacArthur is an independent academic and researcher with literary interests in Gothic and science fiction, and historical interests in the Cold War. She is the author of Crime and the Gothic: Identifying the Gothic Footprint in Modern Crime Fiction (2011).