Studies in Major Literary Authors Ser.: Philip K. Dick : Canonical Writer of the Digital Age by Lejla Kucukalic (2008, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415962420
ISBN-139780415962421
eBay Product ID (ePID)65662628

Product Key Features

Number of Pages178 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePhilip K. Dick : Canonical Writer of the Digital Age
SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, General, American / General
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorLejla Kucukalic
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesStudies in Major Literary Authors Ser.
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2008-023501
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813.54
Table Of ContentChapter 1: Introduction: Philip K. Dick, Canonical Writer of the Digital Age Chapter 2: Biography of a Writer Chapter 3: Martian Time Slip: "The Mindset of Otherness" Chapter 4: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: "Mechanical Universe and Its Discontents" Chapter 5: A Maze of Death: "Life Is A Dream, But Is It Better That Way?" Chapter 6: A Scanner Darkly: "The Reel Identity" Chapter 7: The Search for Truth as an Antidote for Suffering in Valis
SynopsisKucukalic looks beyond the received criticism and stereotypes attached to Philip K. Dick and his work and shows, using a wealth of primary documents including previously unpublished letters and interviews, that Philip K. Dick is a serious and relevant philosophical and cultural thinker whose writing offer us important insights into contemporary digital culture. Evaluating five novels that span Dick's career--from Martian Time Slip (1964) to Valis (1981)--Kucukalic explores the the intersections of identity, narrative, and technology in order to ask two central, but uncharted "Dickian" questions: What is reality? and What is human?, Kucakulic examines the major themes of Dick's novels '€" including the critique of consumer society, mass media, and technology '€" finding ultimately that, transcending these concerns, is Dick's concern with the traditional moral and religious issues of American literature, as manisfested in the modern world.
LC Classification NumberPS3554.I3
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