Author: Gregory Claeys
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship.
The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction
Author: Eric Carl Link
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107052467
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107052467
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This Companion explores the relationship between the ideas and themes of American science fiction and their roots in the American cultural experience.
Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
References to utopias and anti-utopias pervade world literature, and this reference covers many major topics on this fascinating literary subject, stressing titles, authors, characters, setting, themes, literary styles, and belief systems. Designed for high school and college students of literature, particularly those with interests in philosophy, history, and religion, it contains some 300 entries related to utopian literature from the 15th century B.C. to the present. Arranged in alphabetical order, entries include cross- references and bibliographic citations, and a number of the entries are illustrated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
References to utopias and anti-utopias pervade world literature, and this reference covers many major topics on this fascinating literary subject, stressing titles, authors, characters, setting, themes, literary styles, and belief systems. Designed for high school and college students of literature, particularly those with interests in philosophy, history, and religion, it contains some 300 entries related to utopian literature from the 15th century B.C. to the present. Arranged in alphabetical order, entries include cross- references and bibliographic citations, and a number of the entries are illustrated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR