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Classical Traditions in Science Fiction (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,064
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Classical Traditions in Science Fiction (Hardcover): Brett M Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens

Classical Traditions in Science Fiction (Hardcover)

Brett M Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens

Series: Classical Presences

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For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of "classics" is actively transformed and as an open-ended set of texts whose own 'classic' status is a matter of ongoing debate, science fiction reveals much about the roles played by ancient classics in modern times. Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection dedicated to the rich study of science fiction's classical heritage, offering a much-needed mapping of its cultural and intellectual terrain. This volume discusses a wide variety of representative examples from both classical antiquity and the past four hundred years of science fiction, beginning with science fiction's "rosy-fingered dawn" and moving toward the other-worldly literature of the present day. As it makes its way through the eras of science fiction, Classical Traditions in Science Fiction exposes the many levels on which science fiction engages the ideas of the ancient world, from minute matters of language and structure to the larger thematic and philosophical concerns.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Classical Presences
Release date: February 2015
Editors: Brett M Rogers (Assistant Professor of Classics) • Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics)
Dimensions: 219 x 146 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-998841-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
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LSN: 0-19-998841-2
Barcode: 9780199988419

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