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Arthur B. Evans

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Website : DePauw University Faculty Page

BIOGRAPHY

Arthur B. Evans is a professor of Modern Languages at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He is the editor of Science Fiction Studies and the author and editor of several books, including Jules Verne Rediscovered: Didacticism and the Scientific Novel (1988), The Twentieth Century (Early Classics of Science Fiction) (2004), and The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010).

Primary Contributions (2)

Articles

Jules Verne

Jules Verne was a prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. Verne’s father, intending that Jules follow in his footsteps as an attorney, sent him to Paris to study law. But the young Verne fell in love with literature, especially theatre. He wrote…

Albert Robida

Publications (3)

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (August 2010)

By Arthur B. Evans

The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher's guide

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all...

The Twentieth Century (March 2004)

By Albert Robida

The Twentieth Century—a unique blend of objets d’art and pulp fiction, science fiction and satire—was initially published in 1882 to great acclaim. Abundantly illustrated by the author, the story presents a panorama of society in the century to come. The story opens in the spring of 1952 as Hélène Colobry, niece of mega-banker Raphael Ponto, has just graduated from a private provincial school and needs to find a career. This highly original futuristic fantasy is a cross between “The Jetsons” and...

Jules Verne Rediscovered Didacticism and the Scientific Novel (August 1988)

By Arthur B. Evans

This brilliant study of Verne's three cycles (1850-62, 1862-86, 1886-1916) analyzes the works from a biographical, sociohistorical, ideological, and narratological point of view. With a deep focus on Verne's pedagogical slant, Evans demonstrates convincingly the parallels between the French author's aim to `de-alienate' science and his aim to valorize learning, knowledge, and reading (his heroes conquer more knowledge for themselves and for the world). Choice

This first modern American...