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Holodeck in the Garden: Science and Technology in Contemporary American Fiction (Dalkey Archive Scholarly) - Softcover

 
9781564783554: Holodeck in the Garden: Science and Technology in Contemporary American Fiction (Dalkey Archive Scholarly)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1564783553 ISBN 13: 9781564783554
Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Collecting twenty essays written by distinguished scholars from the United States and Germany, "The Holodeck in the Garden" offers an informative tour of the complex interrelations between science, technology, and contemporary American literature.

Contributors include Michael Berube writing on Colson Whitehead's "The Intuitionist"; Joseph Conte on William Gibson and Bruce Sterling; David Cowart on Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis"; Carl Djerassi on science-in-fiction; N. Katherine Hayles on Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon"; Ursula Heise on risk and narrative in the contemporary novel; John Johnston on network theory; Brian McHale on Harry Mathews, Kathy Acker, and Gilbert Sorrentino; Joseph Tabbi on William Gaddis; and Curtis White on the "Great American Disaster Machine."

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Peter Freese is a professor and chair of American Studies at the University of Paderborn, Germany. The past president of the German Association for American Studies and bearer of the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande, he is also the author and editor of more than forty books and over 150 articles on diverse aspects of American life and literature.

Charles B. Harris directs the Unit for Contemporary Literature at Illinois State University. He is also the publisher of American Book Review and author of numerous books and articles on recent American fiction and the profession of English studies. In 1997 the Modern Language Associated honored him with the Francis Andrew March Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession of English.

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Verlag
Dalkey Archive Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1564783553
ISBN 13 
9781564783554
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
270
Herausgeber
Freese Peter, Harris Charles B
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