Science-fiction Studies, Volumes 1-2SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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Page 155
... myth behind Childhood's End gives the novel weight , but it is in its shaping of that myth that the novel stands out as a special work of art . Clarke's myth of progress consists of two stages : that of rational , techno- logical ...
... myth behind Childhood's End gives the novel weight , but it is in its shaping of that myth that the novel stands out as a special work of art . Clarke's myth of progress consists of two stages : that of rational , techno- logical ...
Page 156
... myth of progress functions as a given in Clarke's work . While we may object to the myth as an interpretation of actual reality , it is part of the fictional reality that we accept when we begin reading and agree to suspend disbelief ...
... myth of progress functions as a given in Clarke's work . While we may object to the myth as an interpretation of actual reality , it is part of the fictional reality that we accept when we begin reading and agree to suspend disbelief ...
Page 137
... myth sets up a pattern of response in a reader , and in the course of a literary narrative the anticipation aroused by presence of a myth can be fulfilled or betrayed , or transformed in countless ways , depending solely on what the ...
... myth sets up a pattern of response in a reader , and in the course of a literary narrative the anticipation aroused by presence of a myth can be fulfilled or betrayed , or transformed in countless ways , depending solely on what the ...
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