The Anatomy of Utopia: Narration, Estrangement and Ambiguity in More, Wells, Huxley and Clarke
Karoly Pinter
Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III
Foreword by Patrick Parrinder
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4036-8
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
notes, bibliography, index
244pp. softcover 2010
Price: $38.00
Description
Since the early rise of the novel, utopian stories have held the public imagination. This critical text argues that though these books are commonly seen as social statements or ideological propaganda, they should be treated as literary texts, not as blueprints for a human community. Thomas More’s
Utopia, H.G. Wells’s
A Modern Utopia, Aldous Huxley’s
Brave New World, and Arthur C. Clarke’s
The City and the Stars are examined as texts representative of utopianism during specific historical periods. This thoughtful study is a vital addition to critical discussion of utopian literature.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword by Patrick Parrinder 1
Introduction 3
1. Utopia the Protean Concept 11
2. Encounters with a Stranger 45
3. Glimpses of a Moving Picture 97
4. After Utopia? Anti-Utopia and Science Fiction in the 20th Century 136
Conclusion 192
Chapter Notes 197
Bibliography 215
Index 227
About the Author
Karoly Pinter is an university professor of American history at PPKE in Budapest, Hungary.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is in the English department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Science Fiction from Quebec: A Postcolonial Study
Amy J. Ransom
Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-3824-2
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
appendix, notes, bibliography, index
275pp. softcover 2009
Price: $39.95
Description
This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Quebec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation of oppressive colonial systems, the utopian hope for a better future, and the celebration of tolerant pluralistic societies. A bibliography of SFQ available in English translation is included.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments 1
INTRODUCTION. Articulations: Québec, Science Fiction, and the Postcolonial 5
ONE. SFQ: History and Themes 33
TWO. Alien Nations: Dominance and Oppression in the SFQ Saga 60
THREE. Utopia and New World Myth in Québec’s Science-Fiction Sagas 118
FOUR.
Logiques métisses: Hybridity and Transculturalism 182
CONCLUSION 210
Appendix: A Selected Bibliography of French-Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy in English 213
Chapter Notes 223
Works Cited—Primary Sources 235
Works Cited—Secondary Sources 243
Index 257
About the Author
Amy J. Ransom teaches at Central Michigan University, specializing in Quebec studies. She earned the Science Fiction Research Association’s Pioneer Award in 2007 for her work on French-language Canadian science fiction. Her previous publications include a book about classic French fantastic stories, as well as essays on Quebec’s fantastic and horror literature and film, alternate history, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French literature.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is in the English department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Bruce Shaw
Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III
Foreword by Van Ikin
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-4783-1
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
bibliography, index
268pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00
Description
Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Van Ikin 1
Preface 5
Introduction: Why Choose Animals? 9
1. The Beast Fable 15
2. Philosophies of Laughter 31
3. The Lineage of the Animal Fable 46
4. Recasting the Animal Fable: Short Stories 56
5. Recasting the Animal Fable: Novels and Novellas 76
6. Author Biographies: Private Experience and Societal Fears 96
7. Satire and the Carnivalesque 1: The Heart of a Dog 122
8. Satire and the Carnivalesque 2: War with the Newts 135
9. Companionate and Erotic Love 1: Sirius 148
10. Companionate and Erotic Love: 2: Wish 166
11. “It Had Been Such a Nice Rabbit!”: City 179
12. Crafted Tales: “The Dead Lady of Clown Town” 198
13. Good for Reading 217
Bibliography 223
Index 239
About the Author
Bruce Shaw did his early professional work in anthropology, compiling oral history of aboriginal Australians. Later, he took up English literature. He lives in Perth, Western Australia.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is in the English department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric
Edited by Heather Urbanski
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-3720-7
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
photo, notes, bibliographies, indexes
278pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00
Description
Is it true that, in this era of digitization and mass media, reading and writing are on the decline? In a thought-provoking collection of essays and profiles, 30 contributors explore what may instead be a rise in rhetorical activity, an upsurge due in part to the sudden blurring of the traditional roles of creator and audience in participatory media. This collection explores topics too often overlooked by traditional academic scholarship, though critical to an exploration of rhetoric and popular culture, including fan fiction, reality television, blogging, online role-playing games, and Fantasy Football. Both scholarly and engaging, this text draws rhetorical studies into the digital age.
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction: Blurring Rhetorical Borders
HEATHER URBANSKI 3
I. React: Maintaining a Fan Community Essays
1. The Inter(Active) Soap Opera Viewer: Fantastic Practices and Mediated Communities
MELISSA AMES 19
2. Going Deep: What Online Sports Culture Teaches Us About the Rhetorical Future of Social Networks
MICHAEL R. TRICE 33
3. Spoiling
Heroes, Enhancing Our Viewing Pleasure: NBC’s
Heroes and the Re-Shaping of the Televisual Landscape
MARINA HASSAPOPOULOU 45
4. History, the Trace, and Fandom Wank
KAREN HELLEKSON 58
5. Writing Wonder Women: How Playful Resistance Leads to Sustained Authorial Participation at
Sequential Tart
KIMBERLY DEVRIES 70
Profiles
6. What the Frell Happened? Rhetorical Strategies of the
Farscape Community
SEAN MOREY 83
7. The Realtime Forum Fan
THOMAS B. CAVANAGH 86
8. “As Seen on
The Colbert Report”: Or, Why I Love Reality TV
GEORGIANA O. MILLER 90
II. Re-Mix: Participating in Established Narratives Essays
9. Making Our Voices Heard: Young Adult Females Writing Participatory Fan Fiction
SUSANNA COLEMAN 95
10.
Dungeons and Dragons for Jocks: Trash Talking and Viewing Habits of Fantasy Football League Participants
JULIE L. ROWSE 106
11. Alternate Universes on Video: Ficvid and the Future of Narrative
KIM MIDDLETON 117
Profiles
12. Dean, Mal and Snape Walk into a Bar: Lessons in Crossing Over
JULIE FLYNN 132
13. Stars of a Different Variety: Stealth Teaching Through Fanfic
KRISTINE LARSEN 135
III. Re-Create: Creating Narratives within Established Frames Essays
14. Writing and Rhetoric for a Ludic Democracy: YouTube, Fandom, and Participatory Pleasure
DIANE PENROD 141
15. World of Rhetcraft: Rhetorical Production and Raiding in
World of Warcraft
CHRISTOPHER PAUL 152
16. Rekindling Rhetoric: Oratory and Marketplace Culture in
Guild Wars
MATTHEW S. S. JOHNSON 162
17. Virtual Guerrillas and a World of Extras: Shooting Machinima in Second Life
MARK PEPPER 174
18. Remix, Play, and Remediation: Undertheorized Composing Practices
ANDRÉA DAVIS, SUZANNE WEBB, DUNDEE LACKEY, and DÀNIELLE NICOLE DEVOSS 186
Profiles
19. Conf(us)(ess)ions of a Videogame Role-Player
ZACH WAGGONER 198
20. Born Again in a Fictional Universe: A Participant Portrait of
EVE Online
HARALD WARMELINK 201
21. A Place to Call Home: The Experience of One Guild Chat in
World of Warcraft
WENDI JEWELL 204
22. Magic Canvas: Digital Building Blocks
CATHERINE MCDONALD 207
IV. Teaching the Digital Generation Essays
23. Encouraging Feedback: Responding to Fan Fiction at
Different Colored Pens
JULI PARRISH 213
24. MetaSpace: Meatspace and Blogging Intersect
ELIZABETH KLEINFELD 226
25. Meeting the Digital Generation in the Classroom: A Reflection on the Obstacles
HEATHER URBANSKI 239
Profiles
26. Making Dorothy Parker My MySpace Friend: A Classroom Application for Social Networks
ASHLEY ANDREWS 252
27. Novel Cartographies, New Correspondences
JENTERY SAYERS 255
About the Contributors 259
Index 265
About the Author
Heather Urbanski is an assistant professor of English and director of composition at Central Connecticut State University, in New Britain, Connecticut.
Jerry Vermilye
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-3605-7
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
76 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
208pp. hardcover 2008
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Price: $49.95
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Description
Buster Crabbe’s chief claim to fame, aside from his Olympic gold medal (for the 400-meter freestyle event in 1932), rests in the trio of movie serials in which he played the popular science-fiction hero Flash Gordon. Crabbe was the only actor to play the roles of Tarzan (in one movie), Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers, the top three pulp action heroes of the 1930s. Crabbe carved out a career that would also include more than 100 B-movies and program Westerns, a television adventure series, and a successful physical fitness enterprise. All of this and more is detailed in this book, which includes a complete filmography providing cast and crew information for each of his 103 feature films and serials.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
The Biography 3
The Films 49
(in order of release)
Good News 49
The Maker of Men 50
Huddle 50
The Most Dangerous Game 51
That’s My Boy 51
King of the Jungle 51
Man of the Forest 54
To the Last Man 55
Tarzan the Fearless 57
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 59
The Thundering Herd 61
Search for Beauty 63
You’re Telling Me 66
Badge of Honor 67
We’re Rich Again 68
The Oil Raider 70
She Had to Choose 71
Hold ’Em Yale 72
The Wanderer of the Wasteland 74
Nevada 75
Drift Fence 77
Desert Gold 79
Flash Gordon 81
The Arizona Raiders 84
Lady Be Careful 86
Rose Bowl 88
Arizona Mahoney 89
King of Gamblers 91
Murder Goes to College 92
Forlorn River 94
Sophie Lang Goes West 95
Thrill of a Lifetime 97
Daughter of Shanghai 99
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars 101
Tip-Off Girls 104
Hunted Men 105
Red Barry 107
Illegal Traffic 109
Unmarried 110
Million Dollar Legs 112
Buck Rogers 114
Colorado Sunset 116
Call a Messenger 118
Sailor’s Lady 119
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 122
Jungle Man 124
Billy the Kid Wanted 126
Billy the Kid’s Round-Up 127
Billy the Kid Trapped 128
Billy the Kid’s Smoking Guns 130
Jungle Siren 131
Law and Order 133
Wildcat 134
Sheriff of Sage Valley 135
The Mysterious Rider 136
The Kid Rides Again 137
Queen of Broadway 137
Fugitive of the Plains 139
Western Cyclone 140
The Renegades 141
Cattle Stampede 142
Blazing Frontier 143
Devil Riders 144
Nabonga 145
Thundering Gun Slingers 146
Frontier Outlaws 147
Valley of Vengeance 149
The Contender 150
Fuzzy Settles Down 151
Rustlers’ Hideout 152
Wild Horse Phantom 153
Oath of Vengeance 153
The Drifter 154
His Brother’s Ghost 156
Shadows of Death 156
Gangster’s Den 157
Stagecoach Outlaws 158
Border Badmen 159
Fighting Bill Carson 159
Prairie Rustlers 160
Lightning Raiders 161
Gentlemen with Guns 162
Ghost of Hidden Valley 163
Prairie Badmen 164
Terrors on Horseback 165
Overland Riders 166
Swamp Fire 167
Outlaws of the Plains 168
Last of the Redmen 169
The Sea Hound 172
Caged Fury 174
Captive Girl 176
Pirates of the High Seas 178
King of the Congo 179
Gun Brothers 181
The Lawless Eighties 182
Badman’s Country 184
Gunfighters of Abilene 185
The Bounty Killer 186
Arizona Raiders 187
The Comeback Trail 189
The Alien Dead 190
Swim Team 191
Bibliography 193
Index 195
About the Author
Writer Jerry Vermilye is an actor and lives in New York City.
Katherine J. Weese
Series Editors Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III
Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-3615-6
Ebook ISBN: (isbn not yet available)
notes, bibliography, index
234pp. softcover 2008
Price: $35.00
Description
Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, as examined here by Katherine J. Weese in seven modern novels. These include Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle, Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea, Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping, Carol Shields’s The Stone Diaries, Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, and Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Paradise.
The fantastic devices highlight various feminist narrative concerns such as the authority of the female voice, the implications of narrative form for gender construction, revisions to traditional genre conventions by women writers, and the recovery of alternative versions of stories suppressed by dominant historical narratives. Weese also frames the fantastic elements in the scope of traditional fictional structure.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Preface 1
Introduction: Theories of the Fantastic and Feminist Narrative Theory—An Intersection 5
PART I. GOTHIC FICTIONS AND THE FANTASTIC
1. The Novel Weapon: Gender and Genre in Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, the Sea 31
2. From “The Lady of Shalott” to “Lady Lazarus”: Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle 48
PART II. GHOSTLY NARRATORS AND NARRATIVE VOICE
3. Narration from Beyond the Grave in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping 71
4. The “Invisible” Woman: Narrative Strategies in Carol Shields’s The Stone Diaries 87
PART III. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE FANTASTIC
5. “The Eyes in the Trees”: Transculturation and Magic Realism in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible 109
6. Telling Beloved’s Story 125
7. The Gospel According to Consolata: Alternative Christianities and Toni Morrison’s Paradise 146
Chapter Notes 175
Bibliography 203
Index 217
About the Author
Katherine J. Weese is an English professor at Hampden-Sydney College. Her articles on the fantastic and feminist fiction have appeared in Journal of Narrative Theory, Modern Fiction Studies, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville. C.W. Sullivan III is in the English department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
