The Creation of Cordwainer Smith
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11060740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan C Elms (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | Part 3 |
| Pages | 264-283 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.11.3.0264 |
| OpenAlex | W4410330109 |
| Language | EN |
A work of creative fantasy may be used defensively by the artist to control unacceptable impulses and unresolved intrapsychic conflicts, or it may function restitutively as the artist overcomes and moves beyond such conflicts. Paul M.A. Linebarger’s fiction appears to have served the latter kind of function for him, assisted by psychotherapeutic treatment. Evidence for Linebarger’s psychological development is examined in his life history, in his mainstream novels, and in several of the most important SF works he wrote under the pseudonym of Cordwainer Smith: “Scanners Live in Vain,” “The Game of Rat and Dragon,” and Norstrilia. (ACM)
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |