Phoenix from the Ashes: The Literature of the Remade World

by Carl B. Yoke

This interesting and unusual collection of essays explores the post-holocaust theme as it has been treated in science fiction and fantasy literature. Seen in a positive mode, this theme offers a powerful metaphor for exploring man's relationship to his social structure. The post-holocaust motif, the editor contends, literally permits the exploration of many sub-topics, such as rebirth, social patterns, evolution, devolution, entropy, history, ecology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031324328X
• ISBN13: 9780313243288
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"