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‘Speculative Slipstreaming’: The Impact of Literary Interventions within Contemporary Science Fiction

Devanny, L.-J. (2022) ‘Speculative Slipstreaming’: The Impact of Literary Interventions within Contemporary Science Fiction. Humanities. 11(5) 2076-0787.

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Abstract:
Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Winterson are two canonical writers participating in a ‘literary slipstream’ through their ventures into science fiction, creating crossover texts that confuse the boundaries between the literary and the popular. This interface is exemplified through the awards received by these writers, which help to bring literary credibility and integrity to the genre. Atwood’s first speculative novel, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), went on to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was nominated for a Nebula award and the Booker Prize, whilst her MaddAddam trilogy (2003–2015) was followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society in 2015. Winterson was awarded an OBE for her services to literature in the same year that she published The Stone Gods (2006), whilst her most recent novel Frankisstein (2019) was longlisted for the Booker Prize. This article explores the extent to which distinctions between the popular and the literary are reliant upon notions of inferiority and superiority, and the problematics of a desire to frame genre fiction according to perceived notions of literary value.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Creators:
Devanny, L.-J.
Date:
9 September 2022
Date Type:
Publication
Journal or Publication Title:
Humanities
Volume:
11
Number:
5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/h11050116
ISSN:
2076-0787
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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