{"product_id":"attending-daedalus-9780853238287","title":"Attending Daedalus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new study of the fiction of Gene Wolfe, one of the most influential contemporary American science fiction writers, offers a major reinterpretation of Gene Wolfe’s four-volume The Book of the New Sun and its sequel The Urth of the New Sun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Initiations: \"Silhouette\" - an introduction to Gene Wolfe; \"Trip Trap\" - psychology and thematic coherence; \"In the House of Gingerbread\" - interpretative games and the psychology of reader response; \"the God and His Man\" - critical responses to The Urth Cycle. Part 2 Investigations - The Urth Cycle: \"The Toy Theatre\" - uncovering thre story of The Urth Cycle; \"The Last Thrilling Wonder Story\"? - intergeneric operations; \"How the Whip Came Back\" - directing reader response; \"Cues\" - the function of unfamiliar diction; \"There are doors\" - memory and textual structure; \"A Solar Labyrinth\" - metafictional devices and textual complexity. Part 3 Conclusions: \"The Map\" - the multi-volume novels and metafictional cartography.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866057879895,"sku":"9780853238287","price":27.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780853238287.jpg?v=1722276843","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/attending-daedalus-9780853238287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}