TY - GEN T1 - The cross, the plow and the skyline : contemporary science fiction and fantasy and the ecological imagination A1 - Yanarella, Ernest J. LA - English PP - Irvine PB - BrownWalker Press YR - 2022 ED - Revised and expanded second edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1291589501 AB - "The apocalyptic, pastoral, and urban traditions have fundamentally shaped Western history and influenced American religion, culture, and politics. This book argues that these traditions have not only been decisive in giving form and substance to classic and modern American literature, but have been appropriated by contemporary science fiction. As a loosely connected set of cultural narratives, the Cross, the Plow, and the Skyline have through the medium of science fiction provided a bold vista on the future grounded in an emergent ecological imagination"-- CN - PS374.S35 SN - 9781599426297 SN - 1599426293 SN - 9781599426280 KW - Science fiction, American : History and criticism. KW - Fantasy fiction, American : History and criticism. KW - Ecology in literature. KW - Religion in literature. KW - Politics in literature. KW - Religion dans la littérature. KW - Fantasy fiction, American. KW - Science fiction, American. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -