Futures of the Past

An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, with Critical Essays

Buch | Softcover

202 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476675046 (ISBN)

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Science fiction boasts a deceptively long history, extending as far back as the 19th century. This anthology pairs original essays that introduce short stories of vintage science fiction. Critical introductions written by international experts contextualize these stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inclusions range from legendary authors like Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe to lesser-known figures like E.P Mitchell, George Parsons Lathrop, and Franklin Ruth.

Ivy Roberts is a film and media studies scholar. She is an Adjunct Professor in the department of Digital Media and Web Technology at the University of Maryland Global Campus. Her research investigates early media cultures and practices. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction (Ivy Roberts)

The Future from the Past: Mary Shelley’s “Reanimated

Englishman” (Joanna Harker Shaw)

“Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman” (1826/1863)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Lady Mesmer Circumnavigates the Scientific Imagination

in Poe’s “The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade” (Beth Atkins)

“The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade” (1845)

by Edgar Allan Poe

Edward Page Mitchell: Evolution and American Equality (Rob Welch)

“The Senator’s Daughter” (1879) by E.P. Mitchell

“Runaway Cyclone,” Or: The First Bengali Science Fiction Story (Christin Hoene)

“Runaway Cyclone” (1896/1921) by Jagadish Chandra Bose,

translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

Thomas Edison’s Hypnotizing Machine: Technology,

Science Fiction and “Progress” (Ivy Roberts)

“In the Deep of Time” (1896–7), Synopsis and Chapter VIII

(of VIII): “Sea Signaling—The Final Flight” by George (Parsons Lathrop)

The Emotional Birth of AI in “Moxon’s Master” (Rob Welch)

“Moxon’s Master” (1899), by Ambrose Bierce

The Science Fiction Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Jessie F. Terrell, Jr.)

At the Earth’s Core (1914), Chapter 1: “Toward the Eternal Fires”

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

“The Glittering Lady” (Riccardo Gramantieri)

When the World Shook (1919), Chapter 11: “Resurrection”

by H. Rider Haggard

Future Predictions of Past Technologies: “In 1999”

and the History of the Future (Ivy Roberts)

“In 1999: Scientific Progress in the Last Century” (1921)

by B. Franklin Ruth

Scientifiction, Relativism and the Multiverse: Introduction

to “The Man from the Atom” (Riccardo Gramantieri)

“The Man from the Atom” (1923) by G. Peyton Wertenbaker

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2020
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	263 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781476675046 / 9781476675046
Zustand	Neuware