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There existed, then, a vigorous kind of science fiction in the Classical world. The bulk of the present work explores the florescence of SF from the early 17th century onwards, propelled by the twin impetuses of the Protestant Reformation and the associated Renaissance of learning and culture.
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Roberts, A. (2016). From Medieval Romance to Sixteenth-Century Utopia. In: The History of Science Fiction. Palgrave Histories of Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56957-8_3
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