國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Alfred Bester's the stars my destinationa critical companion /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Alfred Bester's the stars my destinationby D. Harlan Wilson.
Reminder of title:	a critical companion /
Author:	Wilson, D. Harlan.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022.
Description:	xi, 124 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Fiction Literature.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96946-2
ISBN:	9783030969462$q(electronic bk.)

Alfred Bester's the stars my destinationa critical companion /
Wilson, D. Harlan.

Alfred Bester's the stars my destinationa critical companion /[electronic resource] :by D. Harlan Wilson. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022. - xi, 124 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave science fiction and fantasy: a new canon,2662-8570. - Palgrave science fiction and fantasy: a new canon..

1. Introduction -- 2. Synopsis -- 3. Cyberpunk Previsions and Literary Influences -- 4. The Frankenstein Riff -- 5. Architectures of Psyche, Power and Patriarchy -- 6. Speaking in Gutter Tongues -- 7. Coda.

In this comprehensive study of The Stars My Destination, D. Harlan Wilson makes a case for the continued significance of Alfred Bester's SF masterwork, exploring its distinctive style, influences, intertextuality, affect, and innovation as well as its extensive metafictional properties. In Stars, Bester established himself as a son of the pulp-SF and high-modernist writers that preceded him and a forefather to the New Wave and cyberpunk movements that followed his lead. Wilson's study depicts Bester as an SF insider as much as an outlier, writing in the spirit of the genre but breaking with the fixation on hard science in favor of psychological interiority, literary experimentation, and adult themes. The book combines close-readings of the novel with broader concerns about contemporary media, technoculture, and the current state of SF itself. In Wilson's view, SF is a moribund artform, and Stars foresaw the inevitable science fictionalization of our benighted world. With scholarly lucidity and precision, Wilson shows us that Stars pointed the way to what we have (un)become. D. Harlan Wilson is an American novelist, playwright, editor, critic, and Professor of English at the Lake Campus of Wright State University, USA. He is the author of over 30 book-length works of fiction and nonfiction.

ISBN: 9783030969462$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-96946-2doiSubjects--Personal Names:

922505
Bester, Alfred.
Tiger! Tiger!Subjects--Topical Terms:

913332
Fiction Literature.

LC Class. No.: PS3552.E796

Dewey Class. No.: 813.54

Alfred Bester's the stars my destinationa critical companion /
LDR:02592nmm a2200337 a 4500 001 621368
003 DE-He213
005 20220425161922.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 221121s2022 sz s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783030969462$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783030969455$q(paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-030-96946-2 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-030-96946-2
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a PS3552.E796
072 7 $a F $2 bicssc
072 7 $a FIC000000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a F $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 813.54 $2 23
090 $a PS3552.E796 $b W747 2022
100 1 $a Wilson, D. Harlan. $3 922504
245 1 0 $a Alfred Bester's the stars my destination $h [electronic resource] : $b a critical companion / $c by D. Harlan Wilson.
260 $a Cham : $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2022.
300 $a xi, 124 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a Palgrave science fiction and fantasy: a new canon, $x 2662-8570
505 0 $a 1. Introduction -- 2. Synopsis -- 3. Cyberpunk Previsions and Literary Influences -- 4. The Frankenstein Riff -- 5. Architectures of Psyche, Power and Patriarchy -- 6. Speaking in Gutter Tongues -- 7. Coda.
520 $a In this comprehensive study of The Stars My Destination, D. Harlan Wilson makes a case for the continued significance of Alfred Bester's SF masterwork, exploring its distinctive style, influences, intertextuality, affect, and innovation as well as its extensive metafictional properties. In Stars, Bester established himself as a son of the pulp-SF and high-modernist writers that preceded him and a forefather to the New Wave and cyberpunk movements that followed his lead. Wilson's study depicts Bester as an SF insider as much as an outlier, writing in the spirit of the genre but breaking with the fixation on hard science in favor of psychological interiority, literary experimentation, and adult themes. The book combines close-readings of the novel with broader concerns about contemporary media, technoculture, and the current state of SF itself. In Wilson's view, SF is a moribund artform, and Stars foresaw the inevitable science fictionalization of our benighted world. With scholarly lucidity and precision, Wilson shows us that Stars pointed the way to what we have (un)become. D. Harlan Wilson is an American novelist, playwright, editor, critic, and Professor of English at the Lake Campus of Wright State University, USA. He is the author of over 30 book-length works of fiction and nonfiction.
600 1 0 $a Bester, Alfred. $t Tiger! Tiger! $3 922505
600 1 0 $a Bester, Alfred $x Criticism and interpretation. $3 922506
650 1 4 $a Fiction Literature. $3 913332
650 2 4 $a Twentieth-Century Literature. $3 740242
650 2 4 $a North American Literature. $3 740988
650 2 4 $a Popular Culture. $3 763075
650 2 4 $a Film and Television Studies. $3 740041
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 273601
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
830 0 $a Palgrave science fiction and fantasy: a new canon. $3 922507
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96946-2
950 $a Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (SpringerNature-41173)