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- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- Book Title
- The Dystopian Impulse In Modern Literature: Fiction As Socia...
- Subject
- Modern Literature
- ISBN
- 9780313290923
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
031329092X
ISBN-13
9780313290923
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038261379
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature : Fiction As Social Criticism
Subject
Science Fiction & Fantasy, General
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Series
Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
93-040174
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"[An] outstanding volume in Greenwood Press' series on the study of science fiction and fantasy.... Booker's readings are often exciting, and his demonstrations that dystopian works deal with many of the same issues that modern critical theory treats are refreshing.... Booker's is a highly readable, extremely interesting text that contains many new insights into dystopian thought and literature." Journal of American Culture, "[An] outstanding volume in Greenwood Press' series on the study of science fiction and fantasy.... Booker's readings are often exciting, and his demonstrations that dystopian works deal with many of the same issues that modern critical theory treats are refreshing.... Booker's is a highly readable, extremely interesting text that contains many new insights into dystopian thought and literature."- Journal of American Culture, "Booker's discussion usefully relates the important works of modern dystopian fiction to the tenets of important contemporary literary theories, and his coverage of newer Russian and American works of dystopian science fiction is especially informative. Upper-division undergraduate and up."- Choice, "Essential to any future study of dystopian literature. Certainly, the bibliographies can lead us all to further fruitful investigations in the field." SFRA Review, "Essential to any future study of dystopian literature. Certainly, the bibliographies can lead us all to further fruitful investigations in the field."- SFRA Review, "Booker's discussion usefully relates the important works of modern dystopian fiction to the tenets of important contemporary literary theories, and his coverage of newer Russian and American works of dystopian science fiction is especially informative. Upper-division undergraduate and up." Choice
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Series Volume Number
Vol. 58
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Volume Number
58
Dewey Decimal
809.3/9372
Table Of Content
Introduction: Utopia, Dystopia, and Social Critique Zamyatin's We: Anticipating Stalin Huxley's Brave New World: The Early Bourgeois Dystopia Orwell's 1984: The Totalitarian Dystopian after Stalin The Bourgeois Dystopia after World War II Postmodernism with a Russian Accent: The Contemporary Communist Dystopia Skepticism Squared: Western Postmodernist Dystopias Postscript: Literature and Dystopia Works Cited
Synopsis
While literary utopias depict an ideal society and reflect an optimistic belief in the triumph of humanity and government, dystopias present a society marked by suffering caused by human and political evils. This book offers a detailed study of several literary dystopias and analyzes them as social criticism. The volume begins with a discussion of utopias, dystopias, and social criticism. By drawing upon the theories of Freud, Nietzsche, and others, Booker sets a firm theoretical foundation for the literary explorations that follow. The chapters that come next discuss Zamyatin's We , Huxley's Brave New World , and Orwell's 1984 as social criticism of totalitarianism, Stalinism, the dangers of capitalism, and fascism. Later chapters consider dystopias after World War II, contemporary communist dystopias, and postmodernist dystopias in the West.
LC Classification Number
PN3503
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