In Shakespeare and Science Fiction Sarah Annes Brown investigates why so many science fiction writers have turned to Shakespeare when imagining humanity's future. He and his works become a kind of touchstone for the species in much science fiction, both transcending and exemplifying what it means to be human. Writers have used Shakespeare in a range of often contradictory ways. He is associated with freedom and with tyranny, with optimistic visions of space exploration and with the complete destruction of the human race. His works have been invoked to justify the existence of humanity, but have also frequently been coopted for their own purposes by alien life forms or artificial intelligences.
Shakespeare and Science Fiction is the first extended study of Shakespeare's influence on the genre. It draws on over a hundred works across different science fiction media, identifying recurring patterns - and telling contradictions - in the way science fiction engages with Shakespeare. It includes discussions of time travel, alternate history, dystopias, space opera, posthuman identity and post-apocalyptic fiction.
| ISBN: | 9781835537763 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2024 |
| Author: | Sarah Annes Brown |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Film, television, radio genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: from c 2000 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
In Shakespeare and Science Fiction Sarah Annes Brown investigates why so many science fiction writers have turned to Shakespeare when imagining humanity's future. He and his works become a kind of touchstone for the species in much science fiction, both transcending and exemplifying what it means to be human. Writers have used Shakespeare in a range of often contradictory ways. He is associated with freedom and with tyranny, with optimistic visions of space exploration and with the complete destruction of the human race. His works have been invoked to justify the existence of humanity, but have also frequently been coopted for their own purposes by alien life forms or artificial intelligences.
Shakespeare and Science Fiction is the first extended study of Shakespeare's influence on the genre. It draws on over a hundred works across different science fiction media, identifying recurring patterns - and telling contradictions - in the way science fiction engages with Shakespeare. It includes discussions of time travel, alternate history, dystopias, space opera, posthuman identity and post-apocalyptic fiction.
Shakespeare and Science Fiction features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film, television, radio genres: Science fiction, fantasy and horror, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Shakespeare and Science Fiction is available in Paperback, Hardback
Shakespeare and Science Fiction was written by Sarah Annes Brown and published by Liverpool University Press
Shakespeare and Science Fiction has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies series