{"product_id":"the-legacy-of-olaf-stapledon-critical-essays-and-an-unpublished-manuscript-hardcover","title":"The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon: Critical Essays and an Unpublished Manuscript - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Elkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough better known today for such classic and influential science fiction novels as \u003ci\u003eLast and First Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOdd John\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStar Maker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSirius\u003c\/i\u003e, Olaf Stapledon also wrote eight other science fiction books, seven volumes of philosophy and social criticism, and hundreds of reviews, lectures, and articles. Common to all his works is a moral vision that is characterized by ecstatic joy and revolutionary zeal, though tempered by detachment and skepticism. This is the first book collection of original essays devoted entirely to Stapledon. Where previous critical interpretation has concentrated on individual works by the author, these essays deal with larger issues in Stapledon's writings and with his relationship to such forces as Marxism and literary modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe articles develop new avenues for the exploration of Stapledon's work, focusing on philosophical, linguistic, political, and structural elements, and showing how Stapledon's non-fictional writing may illuminate aspects of the fiction. In addition, the book includes Stapledon's hitherto unpublished manuscript Letters to the Future as well as a primary and secondary bibliography. An important contribution to the study of science fiction and fantasy, \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Olaf Stapledon\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to scholars and students of Stapledon and of the genre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATRICK A. McCARTHY is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Miami. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Riddles of Finnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eOlaf Stapledon\u003c\/i\u003e, and many articles on modern literature, and editor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays on Samuel Beckett\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHARLES ELKINS is Professor of English and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Florida International University in Miami. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eScience-Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and has published several articles on science fiction writers, including \u003ci\u003eOlaf Stapledon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMARTIN HARRY GREENBERG is Professor of Political Science and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He has co-authored or co-edited more than a dozen books on science fiction, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels\u003c\/i\u003e (1986).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702288879712,"sku":"9780313261145","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-legacy-of-olaf-stapledon-critical-essays-and-an-unpublished-manuscript-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}