书目名称 | J. G. Ballard‘s "Crash" | 编辑 | Paul March-Russell | 视频video | | 概述 | Presents Crash as a case study in the relationship between modernism and SF.Draws upon literature, critical theory, visual arts, and popular media.Highlights topics of concern in the late 1960s includ | 丛书名称 | Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .J.G. Ballard‘s .Crash. (1973) remains a byword for transgression in literature: declared ‘too disgusting for words‘ upon publication. The basis for David Cronenberg‘s equally provocative film, .Crash. has been regarded variously as the apotheosis of New Wave science fiction, the ur-source for postmodernism, a transhumanist manifesto, and a pornographic masterpiece in the tradition of Sade and Bataille. This revisionist account, based on previously unexplored archive material, shatters the myths that have accrued around this tantalising work whilst also revealing why it continues to inspire writers, artists, musicians and filmmakers in the 21st century. The book vividly reconstructs how Ballard came to write .Crash., the cultural landscape in which it was written, the effect of its reception, and the toll it took on its author. New perspectives reveal how .Crash. reworks surrealist anthropology, evolutionary theory, and pornographic imagery in order to expose a society addicted to the abuse of power, the silencing of others, and its own environmental destruction. As Ballard later admitted, he ‘must have been mad‘ to write .Crash... | 出版日期 | Book 2025 | 关键词 | Science Fiction; modernism; New Wave science fiction; cyborgs; New Worlds | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73094-8 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-73096-2 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-73094-8Series ISSN 2662-8562 Series E-ISSN 2662-8570 | issn_series | 2662-8562 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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