Roger Luckhurst
Auteur van Late Victorian Gothic Tales
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Roger Luckhurst is Professor of Modern Literature, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a specialist in science fiction and the Gothic. His many books include The Angle between Two Walk: The Fiction of J.G. Ballard (1997) and Science Fiction: A Cultural History (2005). He has also edited toon meer several Oxford World's Classics, including H.G. Wells' The time Machine (2017). toon minder
Werken van Roger Luckhurst
The Astounding Illustrated History of Fantasy & Horror (Inspirations & Techniques) (2018) 25 exemplaren
The Time Machine 1 exemplaar
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- Luckhurst, Roger
- Geboortedatum
- 1967
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- UK
- Beroepen
- Professor (modern literature)
- Organisaties
- University of London, Birbeck (Professor ∙ Modern and Contemporary Literature)
Columbia University (Distinguished Visiting Professor, 20 16) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- IAFA Distinguished Scholarship (2008)
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- 24
- Ook door
- 9
- Leden
- 676
- Populariteit
- #37,362
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 11
- ISBNs
- 56
- Talen
- 2
The contributors were clearly all very knowledgeable and demonstrated the links between SF and society, without simplistically pigeonholing writers and their works.
I found the later sections a little tedious in regards to the obsession with empire, capitalism and other social justice concerns. A lot of SF does indeed focus on these topics but it would have been good to have a more dispassionate survey of them, rather than analysis from within that mindset, and more space given to non-political works. These later sections were also more inclined towards the jargon of academia.
Overall, recommended for anyone who would like an overview of the evolution of SF.… (meer)