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oapen-20.500.12657-246632021-04-30T07:36:34Z Alternate History: Playing with Contingency and Necessity Singles, Kathleen History Future Past Narrative bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSA Literary theory bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: from c 1900 - While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre. 2019-10-02 23:55 2020-01-07 16:47:06 2020-04-01T10:04:44Z 2020-04-01T10:04:44Z 2013 book 1005448 OCN: 862809341 9783110272178 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24663 eng application/pdf n/a 1005448.pdf De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110272475 10.1515/9783110272475 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 7292b17b-f01a-4016-94d3-d7fb5ef9fb79 9783110272178 European Research Council (ERC) 319 229135 FP7 Ideas: European Research Council FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013) open access
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While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and freedom of choice, contingency and necessity. For the very first time, Alternate Histories are here discussed against the backdrop of their Other, Future Narratives. The volume contains in-depth analyses of the classics of the genre.
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