Science Fiction Before 1900: Imagination Discovers Technology in Bloomington, MN

Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including
Frankenstein
,
Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's
Court
and
The Time Machine
. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.