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Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction
Narrating the Future
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2021
Summary
In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction investigates a range of novels whose subject matter pertains to various aspects of the Anthropocene. These include the destruction and protection of the natural environment, the relationship between human and non-human inhabitants of the planet, the role of myth in the shaping of and combat against the Anthropocene, the political dimensions of the Anthropocene, the ensuing threat of the Apocalypse, and the role of post-apocalyptic narratives. To explore these topics our authors examine the works of Patricia Briggs, M.R. Carey, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, N.K. Jemisin, Stephenie Meyer, China Miéville, James Patterson, Maggie Stiefvater, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Scott Westfield. Their essays demonstrate that speculative fiction, given its ability to pursue scenarios of alternative history and present familiar things in an unfamiliar way, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities and the world, so that the threat of human-wrought destruction might ultimately be averted.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-3663-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-3664-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
270
Product type
Edited Book
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The Anthropocene and Speculative Fiction No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 1 “The Being that Can be Told” No access
Chapter 2 Young Adult Fantasy to Save the World? No access
Chapter 3 The Forest as a Voice for Nature No access
Chapter 4 The Fantasy of Wilderness No access
Chapter 5 Anthropocene vs. Plague No access
Chapter 6 Fantasy, Myth, and the End of Humanity in M. R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts No access
Chapter 7 Beyond the Anthropocene No access
Chapter 8 At the Crossroads of Ideas No access
Chapter 9 Apocalyptic Visions No access
Chapter 10 The Politics of Language and Culture in China Miéville’s Novel Embassytown No access
Chapter 11 Mythological Aspect of Immigration in Fantasy No access
Chapter 12 The Development of Realist Speculative Narratives to Represent and Confront the Anthropocene No access
