Publication

2018-05-04 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100252083377
  • ISBN-139780252083372
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018003407
  • OCLC Control Number1004763633
  • Better World Books9780252083372
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN3433.5.L56 2018
  • LCCPN3433.5 .L56 2018

Description

"In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in interest by scholars in the US, the UK, and Anglophone Canada in science fiction from other regions. Organizations dedicated to science fiction and fantasy literatures worldwide have sprung up outside the Anglophone axis, several anthologies have appeared that either include or are entirely dedicated to international sf, and awards have been established to promote and reward scholarship and translation in the field. Genre studies journals have produced international-, area-, or nation-themed special issues. Despite all of this interest, scholarship on the topic is still in its infancy. Lingua Cosmica serves to introduce figures worthy of belonging to an international sf canon, filling the gap between survey-type studies and articles focusing on only one work. This volume features eleven essays by leading scholars on international sf authors/filmmakers: Daina Chaviano (Cuba), Jacek Dukaj (Poland), Jean-Claude Dunyach (France), Andreas Eschbach (Germany), Angelica Gorodischer (Argentina), Sakyo Komatsu (Japan), Liu Cixin (China), Laurent McAllister (Canada), Olatunde Osunsanmi (Nigerian-US American), Johanna Sinisalo (Finland), and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (USSR/Russia). All of these authors possess one thing in common: there is little or no scholarship in English on their work"--

Subjects

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  • Lingua Cosmica: Science Fiction from around the WorldPaperbackUniversity of Illinois Press2018-05-04

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