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Imaginary voyage is a narrative genre which presents fictious locations in the form of a travel narrative, but has no generally agreed-upon definition.[1] It has been subdivided into fantastic voyages and realistic voyages depending on the prominence of "marvelous or supernatural elements".[1]: 104–105 It can be a utopian or satirical representation put into a fictional frame of travel account.[2][1][3] It has been regarded as a predecessor of science fiction.[4][5]
- ^ a b c Gove, Philip Babcock (1961) [1941]. The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction: A History of Its Criticism and a Guide for Its Study, With an Annotated Check List of 215 Imaginary Voyages from 1700 to 1800 (2nd ed.). London: The Holland Press.
- ^ Derrick Moors. Imaginary Voyages
- ^ Raleigh, Walter (1895). The English Novel; Being a Short Sketch of its History from the Earliest Times to the Appearance of Waverley (2nd ed.). New York: Scribner. p. 136. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
Imaginary voyages and travels cannot, for the most part, be regarded as pure romances; they have generally some ulterior purpose in view, political or satirical.
- ^ Stableford, Brian M. (2004). "Imaginary Voyages". Historical dictionary of science fiction literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780810849389.
- ^ Fantastic voyage, in: Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ed. by John Clute, 1993