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The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come: Women Writing Fantastic Fiction, 1960s to the Present (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come: Women Writing Fantastic Fiction, 1960s to the Present (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Lauren J. Lacey, Series Editor C.W. Sullivan III, Series Editor Donald E. Palumbo

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"This book explores how contemporary fantastic fiction by women writers responds to the past and imagines the future. Writers considered include Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Angela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, and Jeanette Winterson. The book reveals how fantastic fiction can be read as narratives of disruption that enable the creation of an ethics of becoming"--

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OL Work ID
OL20119737W

Subjects

Science fiction, history and criticismFiction, women authorsFantasy fiction, history and criticismFemininity (philosophy) in literatureScience fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismFantasy literature

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