The Poetics of Science Fiction
The Poetics of Science Fiction

Author: Peter Stockwell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1317878175

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The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detailed investigation of new words and metaphors, to the exploration of new worlds, from pulp science fiction to the genre's literary masterpieces, its special effects and poetic expression. Speculations and extrapolations throughout the book engage the reader in thought-experiments and discussion points, with selected further reading making it a useful source book for classroom and seminar.

Guide to the Winterthur Library
Guide to the Winterthur Library

Author: Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts & Printed Ephemera

Publisher: Winterthur Museum

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780912724614

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This guide to the Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, named for Winterthur's first curator, provides descriptive information for the primary research material held in the collection. The Downs Collection acquires materials from the mid seventeenth century through the twentieth century that document American lifestyles, concentrating on the domestic scene and activities within the household and art. It includes such items as diaries, business accounts of craftsmen whose products decorated dwelling houses, family papers, tax records, construction of homes, artists' sketchbooks, wills and household inventories, children's toys and games, and scrapbooks and journals. Items from individuals famous in American history rest alongside materials from people who led routine lives yet still contributed to the development of America. An extensive microform collection, including copies of material owned by other public repositories and private individuals, supplements the manuscript holdings. Hardcover is un-jacketed.

ALBION AND MARINA
ALBION AND MARINA

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-12-14

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 8027237238

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Albion and Marina was written by Charlotte Brontë when she was 14 years old. It is her first love story, a romance about star-crossed lovers. Charlotte Brontë (1816 – 1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847) and sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. In their works they described love more truthfully that was common in Victorian age England. In the past 40 years Charlotte Brontë's reputation has risen rapidly, and feminist criticism has done much to show that she was speaking up for oppressed women of every age.

Tales of the Islanders
Tales of the Islanders

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Publisher: Hesperus Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1780940009

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When Charlotte's brother Branwell was given a set of 12 toy soldiers, an entire new imaginary world opened before them. The Twelves, or Young Men, became a constant source of inspiration for the Bront&ë children, spawning tales of swashbuckling adventure, darkest intrigue, doomed romance, and malevolent spirits. The four volumes of tales collected here make delightful reading, while offering a unique insight into Bront&ë family life and Charlotte's development as a writer.