Analyzing Humanity's Fate Beyond the Anthropocene in the Works of Sheri S. Tepper.

The aim of this article is to juxtapose two of Sheri S. Tepper's works--Beauty (1991) and the PLAGUE OF ANGELS trilogy (1993-2014)--in order to demonstrate how her vision of humanity's future beyond the Anthropocene evolves or devolves in the course of her literary career, from the promise of magica...

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Publicado en:Science Fiction Studies Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 396 - 415
Autor principal: Łaszkiewicz, Weronika
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Publicado: University of California Press Nov2023
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