The Lost Worlds Romance

From Dawn Till Dusk

By:

Allienne R Becker

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Hardback

Series:

Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy

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During the first part of the 19th century, the lost worlds romance, a new literary form, appeared in which an explorer, most often a scientist, made a voyage to what was then considered to be a remote part of the earth where he discovered a fantastic lost world. This book surveys the lost worlds romance from its beginnings as it evolved from travel literature and utopian fiction, to its eclipse when there were no more unexplored corners of the earth and it took to the stars, evolving into modern science fiction. Interestingly, these romances reflect the developing natural and social sciences of the times in which they were written. The themes of evolution, teleportation, human longevity, euthanasia, other dimensions, reincarnation, uses of radium, utopian and dystopian societies, among many others, play a prominent part in the discussion of these works. Darwin, Marx, and Freud are shown to have especially influenced the authors of these romances. The book also demonstrates that at a time when the sexual mores of mainline fiction were fairly repressed, writers of the lost worlds romance were permitted much liberty with the erotic imagination. The treatment given to women in these romances is explored.

Author Biography:

ALLIENNE R. BECKER is Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Language at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania.

Release date NZ

June 17th, 1992

Author

Allienne R Becker

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Interest Age

From 7 to 17 years

Pages

184

Series

Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dimensions

156x234x11

ISBN-13

9780313261237

Product ID

14116984

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