Volume 5 Alternate History: Playing with Contingency and Necessity

Kathleen Singles

Published by De Gruyter 2013

Volume 5 Alternate History

Playing with Contingency and Necessity

Kathleen Singles

Part of the multi-volume work Narrating Futures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110272475

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About this book

While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives.

The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre,such as Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Philip Roth's The Plot against America, as well as less widely-discussed manifestations of the genre, such as Dieter Kühn's N, Christian Kracht's Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten, and Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds.

Author / Editor information

Kathleen Singles, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.

Reviews

"Still, Alternate History: Playing with Contingency and Necessity is recommended reading for those interested in the burgeoning field of alternate-history studies."
Francisco J. López Arias in: Science Fiction Studies 3/2016

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Poetics of Alternate History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. Case Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
4. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Literary and Cultural Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Tables: 1
Keywords: History; Future; Past; Narrative

eBook

Published: October 14, 2013
ISBN: 9783110272475

Hardcover

Published: September 17, 2013
ISBN: 9783110272178