The Past That Might Have Been, the Future That May Come: Women Writing Fantastic Fiction, 1960s to the Present

by Lauren J. Lacey

This book explores how contemporary fantastic fiction by women writers responds to the past and imagines the future. The first two chapters look at revisionist rewritings of fairy tales and historical texts; the third and fourth focus on future-oriented narratives including dystopias and space fiction. Writers considered include Margaret Atwood, Octavia E. Butler, Angela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, and Jeanette Winterson, among others...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478268
• ISBN13: 9780786478262
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher