The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction: A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre

by Peter Brigg

From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been incorporating science--not only the commonly thought of science and technology but also the "soft" sciences such as psychology and sociology--into what was previously considered mainstream fiction. This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science in fiction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413042
• ISBN13: 9780786413041
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher