The Resource Irish science fiction, Jack Fennell
Irish science fiction, Jack Fennell
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The item Irish science fiction, Jack Fennell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- 'Irish Science Fiction' revisits a critical paradigm that has often been overlooked or dismissed by science fiction scholars: namely, that science fictions can be understood in terms of myth. Science Fiction springs from pseudoscience rather than "proper" science, because pseudoscience is more easily converted into narrative; in this book it is argued that different cultures produce distinct pseudosciences, and thus, unique science fiction traditions. Fennell's innovative framework is used to examine Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, 'Irish Science Fiction' analyses a body of literature that has been largely ignored by Irish literature researchers. This is the first book to focus exclusively on Irish science fiction, and the first to consider Irish-language stories and novels alongside works published in English. -- Publisher's description
- Language
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- engiri
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 264 p.
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Mad Science and the Empire: Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie
- 2. "Future War" and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
- 3. Nationalist Fantasies of the Early Twentieth Century
- 4. States of Emergency: Irish SF during World War II
- 5. The 1960s: Lemass, Modernisation and the Cold War
- 6. The Wrong History: Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles
- 7. Exotic Doom: The SF of Ian McDonald
- 8. The Dystopian Decades: From Recession to Tiger and Back again
- 9. The Shape of Irish SF to come
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781781381199
- Label
- Irish science fiction
- Title
- Irish science fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Fennell
- Language
-
- engiri
- eng
- Summary
- 'Irish Science Fiction' revisits a critical paradigm that has often been overlooked or dismissed by science fiction scholars: namely, that science fictions can be understood in terms of myth. Science Fiction springs from pseudoscience rather than "proper" science, because pseudoscience is more easily converted into narrative; in this book it is argued that different cultures produce distinct pseudosciences, and thus, unique science fiction traditions. Fennell's innovative framework is used to examine Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, 'Irish Science Fiction' analyses a body of literature that has been largely ignored by Irish literature researchers. This is the first book to focus exclusively on Irish science fiction, and the first to consider Irish-language stories and novels alongside works published in English. -- Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1983-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fennell, Jack
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Text mostly in English, with some quotations in Irish
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Liverpool science fiction texts and studies
- Series volume
- 48
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science fiction, Irish
- Irish literature
- Irish literature
- Irish literature
- Label
- Irish science fiction, Jack Fennell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Mad Science and the Empire: Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie -- 2. "Future War" and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- 3. Nationalist Fantasies of the Early Twentieth Century -- 4. States of Emergency: Irish SF during World War II -- 5. The 1960s: Lemass, Modernisation and the Cold War -- 6. The Wrong History: Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles -- 7. Exotic Doom: The SF of Ian McDonald -- 8. The Dystopian Decades: From Recession to Tiger and Back again -- 9. The Shape of Irish SF to come -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn879529126
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 264 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781381199
- Label
- Irish science fiction, Jack Fennell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Mad Science and the Empire: Fitz-James O'Brien and Robert Cromie -- 2. "Future War" and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- 3. Nationalist Fantasies of the Early Twentieth Century -- 4. States of Emergency: Irish SF during World War II -- 5. The 1960s: Lemass, Modernisation and the Cold War -- 6. The Wrong History: Bob Shaw, James White and the Troubles -- 7. Exotic Doom: The SF of Ian McDonald -- 8. The Dystopian Decades: From Recession to Tiger and Back again -- 9. The Shape of Irish SF to come -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn879529126
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- vii, 264 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781381199
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