Time in fiction /

What can we learn about the world from engaging with fictional time-series-stories involving time travellers, recurring and rewinding time, and foreknowledge of the future? Craig Bourne and Emily Caddick Bourne show how we can use the complexities of fictional time to get to the core of the relation...

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Hauptverfasser:
Bourne, Craig, Bourne, Emily Caddick
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Zusammenfassung:
What can we learn about the world from engaging with fictional time-series-stories involving time travellers, recurring and rewinding time, and foreknowledge of the future? Craig Bourne and Emily Caddick Bourne show how we can use the complexities of fictional time to get to the core of the relation between truth in fiction and possibility.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181967-0
0-19-166280-1
Schlagworte:
Time in literature.
Time perception in literature.
Fiction > History and criticism.
Literary criticism.
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