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The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism
M. Keith Booker
The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism
M. Keith Booker
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. Later chapters consider dystopias after World War II, contemporary communist dystopias, and postmodernist dystopias in the West.
208 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 17, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780313290923 |
Publishers | ABC-CLIO |
Pages | 208 |
Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 19 mm · 444 g |
Language | English |
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