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Scarecrow Press The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick

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From his 1952 short story "Roog" to the novels The Divine Invasion and Valis, few authors have had as great of an impact in the latter half of the 20th century as Philip K. Dick. In The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick, Jason Vest explores the work of this prolific, subversive, and mordantly funny science-fiction writer. He examines how Dick adapted the conventions of science fiction and postmodernism to reflect humanist concerns about the difficulties of maintaining identity, agency, and autonomy in the latter half of the 20th century. In addition to an extensive analysis of the novel Now Wait for Last Year, Vest makes intellectually provocative comparisons between Dick and the works of Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino. He offers a detailed examination of Dick's literary relationship to all three authors, illuminating similarities between Dick and Kafka that have not previously been discussed, as well as similarities between Dick and Borges that scholars frequently note but fail to explore in detail.Like Kafka, Borges, and Calvino, Dick employs fantastic, unreal, and visionary fiction to reflect the disruptions, dislocations, and depressing realities of twentieth-century life. By comparing him to these other writers, Vest demonstrates that Dick's fiction is a fascinating barometer of postmodern American life even as it participates in an international tradition of visionary literature. Review Admirable and worthwhile....The book is useful for Dick scholars and literary scholars alike because Vest offers compelling readings of Dick's work and provokes interesting ways to think about Dick's corpus.--The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick is an interesting and well-researched project with a good deal of deft close reading and thoughtful comparison. ... the detailed analyses themselves clearly demonstrate some serious thinking and reading. ... Consequently, I think that the volume's real value lies not in the overall premise, but precisely in the extended analyses of Dick's resonances with extra sf acceptance and recognition. From this perspective, the study may realistically appeal not only to sf scholars, but also to researchers of postmodernism as well as Kafkans, Borgesians, and Calvinoists. As such, is a much-needed bridge-builder not between two worlds so much as territories, one of which has had a particular tendency to treat the other with condescension.--Science Fiction Studies About the Author Jason P. Vest is assistant professor in the University of Guam's Division of English & Applied Linguistics. He is the author of Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies (2007).

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Brand: Scarecrow Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0810862123
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
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Release Date: 17 February 2009
Listed Since: 31 October 2008

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