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Gothic Science Fiction

1818 to the Present

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  • © 2015

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  1. Sian MacArthur

    1. Independent Academic, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Gothic (PAGO)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. One Dreary Night: Early Science Fiction and the Gothic

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 1-24

  3. ‘Mad? Is One Who Has Solved the Secret of Life to Be Considered Mad?’ The Role of the Mad Scientist in Gothic Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 25-48

  4. ‘The Last Man in the World’: Gothic Motif in the Apocalyptical Novel

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 49-70

  5. ‘It’s Life, Jim, but Not as We Know It’: The Gothic Monster in Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 71-94

  6. ‘One Day, I Shall Come Back. Yes, I Shall Come Back’: Immortality and the Fight for Humanity in Gothic Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 95-116

  7. ‘Henceforth You Shall Be Known as Darth Vader’: The Battle between Good and Evil in Gothic Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 117-138

  8. ‘We Are Forever in Debt to the Dynamic Duo’: The Role of the Superhero in Gothic Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 139-158

  9. ‘Science Fiction and Gothic?… It Is Strange that the Genres Should Cross at All’: In Conclusion — Understanding Gothic Science Fiction

    • Sian MacArthur
    Pages 159-162

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 163-176
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About this book

Gothic Science Fiction explores the fascinating world of gothic influenced science fiction. From Frankenstein to Doctor Who and from H. G Wells to Stephen King, the book charts the rise of a genre and follows the descent into darkness that consumes it.

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"Gothic Science Fiction is a lively, trenchant and intelligent book. With cogent analyses of everything from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Christopher Nolan's reinvention of The Dark Knight, Sian MacArthur's book is a study prodigal in ideas, communicated with enthusiasm. It makes a variety of innovative points about a familiar genre, and utilises her thorough knowledge of the field in a provocative fashion." - Barry Forshaw, author of British Gothic Cinema and BFI Classics: The War of the Worlds

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Academic, UK

    Sian MacArthur

About the author

Sian MacArthur is an independent academic and researcher with literary interests in Gothic and science fiction, and historical interests in the Cold War. She is the author of Crime and the Gothic: Identifying the Gothic Footprint in Modern Crime Fiction (2011).

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