Lawless, G. (2011) Unknown Futures: Nineteenth-Century Science Fiction in Spain. Science Fiction Studies, 38 (2). pp. 253-269.
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This article provides an overview of studies of nineteenth-century science fiction in Spain, arguing that scholars' attitudes to this subject have changed dramatically over the past fifty years. It examines in detail two sf narratives from this period, Antonio Flores's Ayer, hoy y mañana [Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow] and Leopoldo Alas's "Cuento futuro" [Future Story] and suggests that both these works represent important developments in the history of sf because of their totalizing attitudes toward the future. In the final section of the article, it is suggested that the perception of Spain's scientific backwardness during the nineteenth century might, ironically, have led to innovative experimentations in the sf genre there.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 40831 |
| Keywords: | science fiction, Spanish literature, Ayer, hoy y mañana, Cuento futuro, French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature |
| Subjects: | Language and Literature > French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > Spanish |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2012 14:06 |
| Last modified: | 04 Oct 2012 14:26 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/40831 |
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