Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey: New Essays

by Robert P. Kolker

Book Overview

Almost all students have seen 2001, but virtually none understand its inheritance, its complexities, and certainly not its ironies. The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine in detail various possible readings of the film and its historical context. They also examine the film as a genre piece--as the summa of science fiction that simultaneously looks back on the science fiction conventions of the past (Kubrick...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195174534
• ISBN13: 9780195174533
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"