Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction
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A32=Aleksandr Kolesnikov
A32=Anna Bugajska
A32=Britta Maria Colligs
A32=Dariya Khokhel
A32=Jirí Jelínek
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B01=Tereza Dedinová
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- ISBN 9781793636652
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 151 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 24 Aug 2022
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction investigates a range of novels whose subject matter pertains to various aspects of the Anthropocene. These include the destruction and protection of the natural environment, the relationship between human and non-human inhabitants of the planet, the role of myth in the shaping of and combat against the Anthropocene, the political dimensions of the Anthropocene, the ensuing threat of the Apocalypse, and the role of post-apocalyptic narratives. To explore these topics our authors examine the works of Patricia Briggs, M.R. Carey, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, N.K. Jemisin, Stephenie Meyer, China Miéville, James Patterson, Maggie Stiefvater, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Scott Westfield. Their essays demonstrate that speculative fiction, given its ability to pursue scenarios of alternative history and present familiar things in an unfamiliar way, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities and the world, so that the threat of human-wrought destruction might ultimately be averted.
Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun is assistant professor in philology at the University of Bialystok.
Tereza Dedinová is assistant professor in philology at Masaryk University.
Weronika Laszkiewiczis assistant professor in philology at the University of Bialystok.
