Chaucer, Technology, and the Rise of Science Fiction in English
- Author / Editor
- Conrad-O'Briain, Helen.
Chaucer, Technology, and the Rise of Science Fiction in English
- Published
- Philip Coleman, ed. On Literature and Science: Essays, Reflections, Provocation (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 2007, pp. 27-42.
- Description
- Considers FranT rather than CYT Chaucer's clearest contribution to science fiction, a genre here presented with an ancient legacy. In FranT, Chaucer uses the "tension at the heart of science fiction--between the possible and the not necessarily impossible--to intensify the misdirection of human desires and strivings."
- Contributor
- Coleman, Philip, ed.
- Alternative Title
- On Literature and Science: Essays, Reflections, Provocation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.