Futures of the Past: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, with Critical Essays

Author:   Ivy Roberts
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476675046


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   30 October 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Futures of the Past: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, with Critical Essays


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Science fiction boasts a deceptively long history, extending as far back as the 19th century. This anthology pairs original essays that introduce short stories of vintage science fiction. Critical introductions written by international experts contextualize these stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inclusions range from legendary authors like Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe to lesser-known figures like E.P Mitchell, George Parsons Lathrop, and Franklin Ruth.

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Author:   Ivy Roberts
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9781476675046


ISBN 10:   147667504
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   30 October 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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"Table of Contents Introduction (Ivy Roberts)—1 The Future from the Past: Mary Shelley's ""Reanimated Englishman"" (Joanna Harker Shaw)—7 ""Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman"" (1826/1863) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley—18 Lady Mesmer Circumnavigates the Scientific Imagination in Poe's ""The ­Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"" (Beth Atkins)—26 ""The ­Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"" (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe—36 Edward Page Mitchell: Evolution and American Equality (Rob Welch)—50 ""The Senator's Daughter"" (1879) by E.P. Mitchell—57 ""Runaway Cyclone,"" Or: The First Bengali Science Fiction Story (Christin Hoene)—72 ""Runaway Cyclone"" (1896/1921) by Jagadish Chandra Bose, translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay—76 Thomas Edison's Hypnotizing Machine: Technology, Science Fiction and ""Progress"" (Ivy Roberts)—82 ""In the Deep of Time"" (1896–7), Synopsis and Chapter VIII (of VIII): ""Sea Signaling—The Final Flight"" by George (Parsons Lathrop)—92 The Emotional Birth of AI in ""Moxon's Master"" (Rob Welch)—100 ""Moxon's Master"" (1899), by Ambrose Bierce—108 The Science Fiction Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Jessie F. Terrell, Jr.)—116 At the Earth's Core (1914), Chapter 1: ""Toward the Eternal Fires"" by Edgar Rice Burroughs—126 ""The Glittering Lady"" (Riccardo Gramantieri)—133 When the World Shook (1919), Chapter 11: ""Resurrection"" by H. Rider Haggard—143 Future Predictions of Past Technologies: ""In 1999"" and the History of the Future (Ivy Roberts)—154 ""In 1999: Scientific Progress in the Last Century"" (1921) by B. Franklin Ruth—165 Scientifiction, Relativism and the Multiverse: Introduction to ""The Man from the Atom"" (Riccardo Gramantieri)—172 ""The Man from the Atom"" (1923) by G. Peyton Wertenbaker—180 About the Contributors—193 Index—195"

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Ivy Roberts is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in film studies, STS and cultural history. She teaches film studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and is a professor of digital media at the University of Maryland University College. Her research investigates early media history from cultural contexts. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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