History and Speculative Fiction

• Other Authors: Hennessey, John L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2024
• Subjects: Literature: history & criticism; Literature & literary studies; History of science; History: earliest times to present day; Science Fiction; speculative fiction; historical fiction; postcolonialism; Literature and Postcolonial Studies; alternative realities
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in "making the strange familiar" and "making the familiar strange" by taking their readers on journeys through space and time. Excellent...