Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Reilly, Robert, 1933-

Description

1. x, 266 pages; 22 cm.

Series statement

1. Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy, 0193-6875 ; no. 12

Uniform title

1. Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 12.

Subject

1. Science fiction, English > History and criticism
2. Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism
3. Science fiction, American > History and criticism
4. Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism
5. Science fiction > Religious aspects
6. Religion and literature > English-speaking countries
7. Religion in literature
8. Religion in literature
9. Fantasy fiction, American
10. Fantasy fiction, English
11. Religion and literature
12. Science fiction, American
13. Science fiction, English
14. Science fiction > Religious aspects
15. Bibliografie
16. Englisch
17. Fantastische Literatur
18. Religion Motiv
19. Religion
20. Science-Fiction-Literatur
21. Science-Fiction
22. Aufsatzsammlung
23. Fictie
24. Science fiction
25. Het fantastische
26. Godsdienst
27. Engels
28. English-speaking countries
29. Englisch

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. Science fiction.

Contents

1. [Part I. Significances : contexts for critical consideration] -- Religious imagination and imagined religion / Adam J. Frisch and Joseph Martos -- Mind, matter, and magic in fantasy and science fiction / Richard L. Purtill -- Science fiction's harrowing of the heavens / William A. Quinn -- For suffering humanity : the ethics of science in science fiction / Alexander J. Butrym -- [Part II. Dilemmas of paradise : Blish and Lewis] -- The concept of Eden / Andrew J. Burgess -- Augustinian evil in C.S. Lewis's Perelandra / Katherin A. Rogers -- Alien ethics and religion versus fallen mankind / Diane Parkin-Speer -- [Part III. Major Authors : individualized treatments of religion] -- Philip K. Dick's answers to the eternal riddles / Patricia S. Warrick -- From rebellious rationalist to mythmaker and mystic : the religious quest of Philip Jose Farmer / Edgar L. Chapman -- Toward a structural metaphysic : religion in the novels of Frank Herbert / David M. Miller -- The evolution of Doris Lessing's art from a mystical moment to space fiction / Nancy Topping Bazin -- Walter M. Miller's A canticle for Leibowitz as a third testament / Frank David Kievitt -- Up the Empire State Buioding : Satan and King Kong in Walter Tevis's Mockingbird / Martha A. Bartter -- Persian influences in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Elizabeth M. Allen -- Promethean bound : heroes and gods in Roger Zelazny's science fiction / Joseph V. Francavilla -- [Part IV. Bibliographies] -- A checklist of science fiction/fantasy works containing religious themes or motifs / Robert Reilly, Frank D. McSherry, Jr. and Charles G. Waugh -- Secondary works dealing with religion in science fiction / Robert Reilly.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.