THE PORTRAIT OF A STEAMY, (UN)CORSETED SUB-CULTURE
THE PORTRAIT OF A STEAMY, (UN)CORSETED SUB-CULTURE
Author(s): Elena EnciuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitară & ADI Publication
Keywords: Steampunk; retrofuturism; magic; (techno)fantasy; science; steam corsets;
Summary/Abstract: Most scholars trace the beginning of the neo-Victorian novel back to the 1960s,followed by steampunk novels some twenty years later. Also, the first critical works trying todefine neo-Victorianism appeared in the late 1990s, before scholars started to write theirpapers on steampunk around the year 2009. Nevertheless, this does not mean that steampunkderives from neo-Victorianism, but rather, in a more realistic approach, that the two literarygenres and the two critical traditions evolved separately, discussing similar themes. Assteampunk does not seem to go anywhere, except backwards into the future, this article aims atexploring the main elements and characteristics of this escapist sub-genre in novels written byGail Carriger, Kate Locke, China Mieville, W. Gibson and B Sterling.Keywords: steampunk, retrofuturism, magic, (techno)fantasy, science, steam, corsets.
Journal: International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies and Environmental Communication
- Issue Year: 8/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 22 - 30
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English