The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch--Angouleme

by Samuel R. Delany

Book Overview

A keystone text in literary theory and science fiction

The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch--"Angouleme" was first published in 1978 to the intense interest of science fiction readers and the growing community of SF scholars. Recalling Nabokov's commentary on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, Roland Barthes' commentary on Balzac's Sarazine, and Grabinier's reading of The Heart of Hamlet, this book-length...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819567183
• ISBN13: 9780819567185
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"