These thirteen original essays were written specifically for the Third J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, held February 21-22, 1981, at the University of California, Riverside. Leslie Fiedler sets the tone of this volume by fixing a basic set of coordinates--that of "elitist" and "popular" standards. Those replying to his charge are: Eric S. Rabkin, Professor of English at the Univer sity of Michigan and author of The Fantastic in Literature, "The Descent of Fantasy"; Gerald Prince, ...
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These thirteen original essays were written specifically for the Third J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, held February 21-22, 1981, at the University of California, Riverside. Leslie Fiedler sets the tone of this volume by fixing a basic set of coordinates--that of "elitist" and "popular" standards. Those replying to his charge are: Eric S. Rabkin, Professor of English at the Univer sity of Michigan and author of The Fantastic in Literature, "The Descent of Fantasy"; Gerald Prince, Professor of French at the University of Pennsylvania, "How New is New?"; Mark Rose, Professor of English at the University of California at Santa Barbara, author of Alien Encounters, "Jules Verne: Journey to the Cen ter of Science Fiction"; Joseph Lenz, who teaches English Literature at the University of Michigan, "Manifest Destiny: Science Fic tion Epic and Classical Forms"; Michelle Mass???, of the English Department at the George Mason University, "'All you have to do is know what you want' Individual Ex pectations in Triton "; Gary K. Wolfe, who teaches English at Roosevelt University, au thor of The Known and the Unknown, "Autoplastic and Alloplastic Adaptations in Science Fiction: 'Waldo' and 'Desertion'" ; Robert Hunt, an editor with Glencoe Press, "Sci ence Fiction for the Age of Inflation: Reading Atlas Shrugged in the 1980s"; George R. Guffey, Professor of English at UCLA, " Fahr enheit 451 and the 'Cubby-Hole Editors' of Ballantine Books"; H. Bruce Franklin, Pro fessor of English and American Literature at Rutgers University at Newark, "America as Science Fiction: 1939 "; Sandra M. Gilbert, Professor of English at the University of Cal ifornia at Davis, and coauthor with Susan Gubar of Madwoman in the Attic, "Rider Hag gard's Heart of Darkness"; the aforemen tioned Susan Gubar, Professor of English at Indiana University, " She in Her/and: Femi nism as Fantasy"; and George R. Slusser, Cu rator of the Eaton Collection, "Death and the Mirror: Existential Fantasy."
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