Alternate History : Playing with Contingency and Necessity / by Kathleen Singles.

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Singles, Kathleen, 1982- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Narrating futures ; 5.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783110272475
3110272474
1306091500
9781306091503

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alternate HistoryDDC classification:

809.3/8768 23

LOC classification:

PN3448.A47 S56 2013eb

Other classification:

EC 6745

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Content -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Poetics of Alternate History -- 3. Case Studies -- 4. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.

Summary: While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre.

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Frontmatter -- Content -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Poetics of Alternate History -- 3. Case Studies -- 4. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.

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