Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?: A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

by Seo-Young Chu

In culture and scholarship, science-fictional worlds are perceived as unrealistic and altogether imaginary. Seo-Young Chu offers a bold challenge to this perception of the genre, arguing instead that science fiction is a form of "high-intensity realism" capable of representing non-imaginary objects that elude more traditional, "realist" modes of representation. Powered by lyric forces that allow it to transcend the dichotomy between the literal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055179
• ISBN13: 9780674055179
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.5"