Science-fiction Studies, Volume 30, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2003 - Science fiction |
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Arguably , such works , when they are successful , do not merely displace contemporary historical dilemmas into fantasies ; they draw as well on the cultural memory that these dilemmas have plagued human social life for millennia .
Arguably , such works , when they are successful , do not merely displace contemporary historical dilemmas into fantasies ; they draw as well on the cultural memory that these dilemmas have plagued human social life for millennia .
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In this light , the question of genre is riven by the same ideal / real split as any historical category , between , on the one hand , the crystallization of possibilities , the ideal form , the possible genre , with , on the other ...
In this light , the question of genre is riven by the same ideal / real split as any historical category , between , on the one hand , the crystallization of possibilities , the ideal form , the possible genre , with , on the other ...
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Is it an inherently failed genre , drawing its essential energy from the refusal of history , adequate only for totally ... the historical age and genre for adequacy , Miéville , Bould , and Landa propose that fantasy is adequate not in ...
Is it an inherently failed genre , drawing its essential energy from the refusal of history , adequate only for totally ... the historical age and genre for adequacy , Miéville , Bould , and Landa propose that fantasy is adequate not in ...
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