Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) [Hardcover]

Edmund J. Smyth (Author)

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Publication Date: May 1, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0853236941 | ISBN-13: 978-0853236948

This collection of essays reflect the diversity of approaches currently being brought to bear on the writings of Jules Verne.

"An indispensable book for those who want to see how far we have come along the path toward a better understanding of Verne."—Science Fiction Studies

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"An indispensable book for those who want to see how far we have come along the path toward a better understanding of Verne."

-- Science Fiction Studies

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• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853236941
• ISBN-13: 978-0853236948
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) (Hardcover)

Although critics continue to debate whether Jules Verne's work is "true" science fiction (SF), rather than scientific romance, Verne is widely credited as one of the founders of the genre and in the popular imagination, he and SF are seen as largely synonomous. Verne has received renewed attention since the publication in 1994 of his "Paris au Vingtieme Siecle", and this has highlighted his importance as a key commentator on the anguishes of modernity. Arthur B. Evans provides a detailed account of the relationship between Verne and the French literary canon, demonstrating the "now-ineluctable trend towards rehabilitation and literary canonization". Daniel Compere exmines narrative technique, versimilitude, defamiliarization, naturalization and dialogism in Verne's work, while Timothy Unwin develops the enquiry into the nature of the Vernian text in discussing the role of science and textual repetition. The interface between realism, utopianism and SF in a number of Verne's novels is investigated by Sarah Capitano.