Modernism and Science Fiction [Hardcover]

A socio-cultural analysis of the relationship between modernism and science fiction, from the 1870s to the 1970s, with examples drawn from literature and other media in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The book challenges how high and low culture has been mapped in the twentieth century.Contents 1. Scientific Romance in the Context of Modernism 2. Utopia in the Time of Apocalypse 3. Pulp Modernism: Genre SF 4. New Worlds and the Many Deaths of Modernism

March-Russell in four chapters covers a century of science fiction, twice the number of years identified as Modernist. & it certainly makes a strong case for at least some excerpts to make their way into class discussion. (Michelle K. Yost, SFRA Review, Issue 315, 2015)

Paul March-Russell teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK. He is Editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction and Commissioning Editor for SF Storyworlds. His previous publications include The Short Story: An Introduction (2009).