| Tomorrow Through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization Contributor(s): Lewis, Jon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847189296 ISBN-13: 9781847189295 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.5 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.8" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 167 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tomorrow Through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization is the first collection of scholarly essays dedicated exclusively to this important voice in contemporary American fiction. The collection grew from five essays originally presented at the 2006 XXth Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville, and the contributors are made up of graduate students, independent scholars, and university professors who hope the collection will aid general readers as well as instructors teaching Stephenson and professionals building the critical response to his work. Reading through the lenses of history and linguistic, cultural, and science fiction studies, the essays in the collection examine each of Stephenson's novels from The Big U to The Baroque Cycle as well as his long non-fiction work on computer operating systems, In the Beginning a Was the Command Line. Included in this collection is a new interview conducted with Stephenson during the summer of 2006. |