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Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)
Gavin Parkinson (Ed.)
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Description for Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)
Hardcover. The first book to look at the relationship either between Surrealism and Science Fiction or between Surrealism and comics. Editor(s): Parkinson, Dr Gavin. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Although the self-definition of Surrealism and the initial defining of science fiction as a genre both took place in the 1920s and the links between the two are manifest, no full study has appeared till now on Surrealism and SF. Across ten original essays, Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics looks at how the Surrealist movement in France and the USA used, informed, contributed to, and criticised SF from that moment, whilst including discussion of the related genre of comics. Among its aims are a reassessment of Jules Verne in the light of Surrealism and an analysis of the debate in ... Read more
Although the self-definition of Surrealism and the initial defining of science fiction as a genre both took place in the 1920s and the links between the two are manifest, no full study has appeared till now on Surrealism and SF. Across ten original essays, Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics looks at how the Surrealist movement in France and the USA used, informed, contributed to, and criticised SF from that moment, whilst including discussion of the related genre of comics. Among its aims are a reassessment of Jules Verne in the light of Surrealism and an analysis of the debate in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381434
SKU
V9781781381434
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Ref
99-50
About Gavin Parkinson (Ed.)
Gavin Parkinson is Lecturer in European Modernism at the Courtauld Institute of Art. His previous books include 'Surrealism, Art and Modern Science: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epistemology' (Yale University Press, 2008) and 'The Duchamp Book' (Tate Publishing, 2008).
Reviews for Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)
Reviews 'A timely and fascinating collection that raises important contemporary questions and speaks to several disciplines.' Hugo Frey 'Parkinson has done an admirable job adding details and signposts to the endless journey of Surrealism.' Laura Winton, Rain Taxi