Tales of futures past: Science fiction as a historical genre

Rethinking History

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 285-299

  Liedl, Janice ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate history; Counterfactuals; Genre; Hayden white; Science fiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924754937     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2014.973710     Document Type: Review

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