Movies, modernism, and the science fiction pulps /

This text considers the impact that the new art of film had on the development of the emerging science fiction (SF) genre during the pre- and early post-World War II era, during the time that the genre was trying to locate an identity, develop its key themes, and even settle on a name. Focusing on t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Telotte, J. P.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Zusammenfassung:
This text considers the impact that the new art of film had on the development of the emerging science fiction (SF) genre during the pre- and early post-World War II era, during the time that the genre was trying to locate an identity, develop its key themes, and even settle on a name. Focusing on the primary venue for early SF literature, the popular pulp magazines, it traces this early film/literature relationship by examining four common features of the pulps: stories that involve film or the film industry; film-related advertising; editors' commentaries and readers' remarks on film; and cover and story illustrations. All these features demonstrate an interest and even a fascination with the movies, which, as many of SF's readers, writers, and editors recognized, demonstrated a modernist agenda similar to that which characterized the literature.
Umfang:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
ISBN:
0-19-094968-6
0-19-094969-4
0-19-094967-8
Schlagworte:
Science fiction, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
Pulp literature, American > 20th century > History and criticism.
Science fiction > Periodicals > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures in literature.
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