Michael Moorcock

Fiction, Fantasy and the World's Pain

AvMark Scroggins,Donald E. Palumbo

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Prolific, popular and critically acclaimed, Michael Moorcock is the most important British fantasy author of his generation. His Elric of Melnibone is an iconic figure for millions of fans but Moorcock has also been a pioneer in science fiction and historical fiction. He was hailed as the central figure of the "New Wave" in science fiction, and has won numerous awards for his fantasy and SF, as well as his "mainstream" writing.This first full-length critical look at Moorcock's career, from the early 1960s to the present, explores the author's fictional multiverse: his fantasy tales of the "Eternal Champion"; his experimental Jerry Cornelius novels; the hilarious science-fiction satire of his "End of Time" books; and his complex meditations on 20th century history in Mother London and the Colonel Pyat tetralogy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-01-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476663074

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Mark Scroggins is a professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. He has published seven previous books of poetry, criticism, and biography, and lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

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“The young Moorcock made his name with vivid short novels in which doomed swordsmen strutted around surreal landscapes…Moorcock produced a staggering amount of work over a long career…Scroggins does a remarkable job of disentangling the connections between Moorcock at his most pulpy and his most serious-minded, to the extent that, whether channeling Dickensian or a Modernist spirit, the Eternal Champion continues to lurk behind his elegant prose”—Times Literary Supplement; “Incisive, illuminating and full of good sense, Mark Scroggins’ stimulating book told me a lot about my own work! Thanks!”—Michael Moorcock; “comprehensive, interesting and complex study”—Robots & Dragons.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. The Multiverse and the Champion2. A Messiah for the Age of Entropy3. New Avatars, New Time Streams and a Farewell to Fantasy4. Reality and Its Bitter Myths5. Consolidating the Multiverse6. The Second Ether, the Moonbeam Roads and BeyondConclusionAppendix: The Eternal Champion Omnibus EditionsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex