Demand the impossible : : science fiction and the Utopian imagination / / Tom Moylan.
Although published in 1986, Demand the Impossible was written from inside the oppositional political culture of the 1970's. Reading works by Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, and Samuel R. Delany as indicative texts in the intertext of utopian science fiction, Tom Moylan originated...
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| Superior document: | Ralahine Utopian Studies ; Volume 14 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bern, Switzerland : : Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ralahine utopian studies ;
Volume 14. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Although published in 1986, Demand the Impossible was written from inside the oppositional political culture of the 1970's. Reading works by Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, and Samuel R. Delany as indicative texts in the intertext of utopian science fiction, Tom Moylan originated the concept of the «critical utopia» as both a periodizing and conceptual tool for capturing the creative and critical capabilities of the utopian imagination and utopian agency. This Ralahine Classics edition includes the original text along with a new essay by Moylan (on Aldous Huxley's Island) and a... |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3035399697 3035306109 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Tom Moylan. |