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Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s

Apocalypse, Technoscience, Empire

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  • © 2014

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. Technoscience

  3. Empire

  4. Conclusion: Post-Millennial Apocalypse

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About this book

Fin-de-Siècle Fictions, 1890s- 1990s focuses on fin-de-siècle British and postmodern American fictions of apocalypse and investigates the ways in which these narratives demonstrate shifts in the relations among modern discourses of power and knowledge.

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“For anyone with an interest in fin-de-siѐcle fictions of all forms, including Gothic, horror, SF, steampunk, and cyberpunk, or even just science geeks who want to develop their understanding of the wider implications and impacts of technology and invention, Mousoutzanis’s Fin-de-Siѐcle Fictions will be an inspiration for years to come.” (Jillian Wingfield, The British Society for Literature and Science, October 29, 2019)


Winner: Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Book of the Year Award 2014 University of California, Riverside, USA

“A portrait of centuries' ends, of catastrophic denouements and apocalyptic rebirths, Fin de Siècle Fictions, 1890s-1990s brings to life the millennial preoccupations characteristic of the emergence and consolidation of global capitalism and technoscientific Empire. The range of texts from HG Wells to Octavia Butler, future war fiction to Star Trek, lost world fiction to The X-Files and contexts with which it engages is impressive.” (Dr Mark Bould, University of the West of England, UK)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Brighton, UK

    Aris Mousoutzanis

About the author

Aris Mousoutzanis is Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at University of Brighton, UK. He has published on apocalyptic literature, science fiction and the Gothic, as well as on new media and online communities. He is currently researching on the relations between trauma theory and media culture.

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