Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction

Stepchildren of Voltaire

AvBradford Lyau,Donald E. Palumbo

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del 24 i serien Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Beskrivning

Following World War II, the Fleuve Noir publishing house published popular American genre fiction in translation for a French audience. Their imprint Anticipation specialized in science fiction, but mostly eschewed translations from English, preferring instead French work, thus making the imprint an important outlet for native French postwar ideas and aesthetics. This critical text examines in ideological terms eleven writers who published under the Anticipation imprint, revealing the way these writers criticized midcentury notions of progress while adapting and reworking American genre formats.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
Medarbetare:George Slusser
ISBN:9780786458578

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Mer om författaren

Bradford Lyau has taught at various universities in California and Europe. He has published several academic articles analyzing science fiction and is a lifelong traveler to historical sites. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Recensioner i media

“recommend it...should be acquired by all libraries sporting even a modest collection of SF criticism and history...students of twentieth-century French cultural history simply must consult this work”—Extrapolation; “remarkable”—Science Fiction Studies.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by George Slusser Introduction One. Background Two. The Moderates F. Richard-Bessière M.A. Rayjean Kemmel Chapter Summary Three. The Extremist Jimmy Guieu Four. The Conservatives Stefan Wul Maurice Limat Peter Randa Kurt Steiner Chapter Summary Five. The Radicals Jean-Gaston Vandel B.R. Bruss Chapter Summary Six. A Last Word Gilles D’argyre Seven. Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index