Eric S. Rabkin
Autor von Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories
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Eric S. Rabkin teaches in the Department of English at the University of Michigan.
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Bridges to Fantasy: Essays from the Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Alternatives) (1982) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction (Alternatives) (1983) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science… (1993) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1996) — Herausgeber — 4 Exemplare
Form in Fiction; An Introduction to the Analysis of Narrative Prose (1974) — Joint Author. — 4 Exemplare
Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind: Literature's Most Fantastic Works (The Great Courses, Part 1 of 2) (2007) 3 Exemplare
幻想と文学 (KEY LIBRARY) 1 Exemplar
Franz Kafka - Dashed Fantasies 1 Exemplar
H.G.Wells - We Are All Talking Animals 1 Exemplar
Poe - Genres and Degrees of the Fantastic 1 Exemplar
Hoffman and the Theory of the Fantastic 1 Exemplar
Propp, Structure, and Cultural Identity 1 Exemplar
The Brothers Grimm and Fairy Tale Psychology 1 Exemplar
Effective Writing 1 Exemplar
Science Fictrion: A Historical Anthology 1 Exemplar
Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind: Literature's Most Fantastic Works (The Great Courses, Part 1 of 2) (2007) 1 Exemplar
The Fantastic in Literature 1 Exemplar
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Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium (2003) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
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Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind: Literature's… von Eric S. Rabkin
An interesting overview of fantasy and science fiction literature. The first half of the course looks at the development of imaginative fiction since the Grimms and Mary Shelley, and refers back to their literary antecedents. The second half focuses on science fiction. Excellent.
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What an interesting selection.
One of my coworkers is an early scifi geek, which is cool; he was telling me about this Hoffman guy. This thing has, like, Hawthorne in it. Just a neat way of looking at it.
One of my coworkers is an early scifi geek, which is cool; he was telling me about this Hoffman guy. This thing has, like, Hawthorne in it. Just a neat way of looking at it.
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AlCracka | Apr 2, 2013 |
AlCracka | Apr 2, 2013 | 
Highlights: Voltaire, Hawthorne, Bellamy, London, Stapledon, Asimov, Bradbury, Keyes, Zelazny
Avoid: Gernsback, Finney, Pohl, Ellison, Sheckley
Some disappointing stuff in here (not one of Arthur C Clarke's strongest ideas), but then any kind of historical anthology is bound to demonstrating evolution and the thematic concerns of the genre as well as to quality. Very interesting to see how the earliest writers use other worlds to examine our own, a technique which is still going strong, but technology, its possibilities and threats, becomes so dominant.… (mehr)
Avoid: Gernsback, Finney, Pohl, Ellison, Sheckley
Some disappointing stuff in here (not one of Arthur C Clarke's strongest ideas), but then any kind of historical anthology is bound to demonstrating evolution and the thematic concerns of the genre as well as to quality. Very interesting to see how the earliest writers use other worlds to examine our own, a technique which is still going strong, but technology, its possibilities and threats, becomes so dominant.… (mehr)
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