{"product_id":"science-fiction-toward-a-world-literature-9781666905359","title":"Science Fiction: Toward a World Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn what N. Katherine Hayles describes as \"this enormously ambitious posthumous volume,\" renowned scholar George Slusser offers a definitive version of the argument about the history of science fiction that he developed throughout his career: that several important ideas and texts, routinely overlooked in other critical studies, made significant contributions to the creation of modern science fiction as it developed into a truly global literature. He explores how key thinkers like René Descartes, Benjamin Constant, Thomas DeQuincey, Guy du Maupassant, J.D. Bernal, and Ralph Waldo Emerson influenced and are reflected in twentieth-century science fiction stories from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, and Russia. The conclusion begins with Slusser’s overview of global science fiction in the twenty-first century and discusses recent developments in countries like China, Romania, and Israel. Hayles’s foreword provides a useful summation of the book’s contents, while science fiction writer Gregory Benford contributes an afterword providing a personal perspective on the life and thoughts of his longtime friend. The book was edited by Slusser’s former colleague Gary Westfahl, a distinguished scholar in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: A Novel Method for Constructing Science Fiction’s Origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby N. Katherine Hayles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby Gary Westfahl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Science Fiction:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward a World Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paradigms of Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFraternal Frontiers: Defining a Space for Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuture Liberty: Nineteenth Century Horizons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtending the Mind Circle: DeQuincey’s English Mail Coach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenre at the Crossroads: Cultural Readings of Maupassant’s “Le Horla”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernal’s Masterplot and the Transhuman Promise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach Man Is an Island: The Legacy of Emerson’s Golden Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fortunes of Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: Knowing George\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e by Gregory Benford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Brief Bibliography of the Works of George Slusser\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042000273751,"sku":"9781666905359","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666905359.jpg?v=1750952558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-fiction-toward-a-world-literature-9781666905359","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}