Alternate History: Playing with Contingency and Necessity

• Main Author: Singles, Kathleen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2013
• Subjects: Literary theory; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; History; Future; Past; Narrative
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and fr...