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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100313291152
ISBN-139780313291159
eBay Product ID (ePID)94147
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameDystopian Literature : a Theory and Research Guide
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorM. Keith Booker
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-040173
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"The book could well serve as a model postmodernist criticism as applied to a genre of popular culture: graduate students will find much of interest. Recommended for libraries in the area of literary theory or science fiction. Graduate students; faculty." Choice
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal809/.93372
Table Of ContentIntroduction A Guide to Selected Modern Cultural Criticism with Relevance to Dystopian Literature A Guide to Selected Utopian Fictions Dystopian Fiction A Guide to Selected Dystopian Drama A Guide to Selected Dystopian Films Bibliography Index
SynopsisDystopian literature is a potent vehicle for criticizing existing social conditions and political systems. While utopian literature portrays ideal worlds, dystopian literature depicts the flaws and failures of imaginative societies. Often these societies are related to utopias, and the dystopian writers have chosen to reveal shortcomings of those social systems previously considered ideal. This reference overviews dystopian theory and summarizes and analyzes numerous dystopian works. By reviewing the critical thought of particular dystopian theorists, the beginning of the volume provides a theoretical context for the remainder of the book. Because dystopian literature is so closely related to utopian writing, the reference profiles and discusses eight important utopian works. The rest of the book includes entries for numerous dystopian novels, plays, and films. Each entry summarizes the work and discusses dystopian themes. The entries include short bibliographies, with full bibliographic information provided at the end of the volume. This comprehensive guide covers the full period from Thomas More's Utopia to the present day.
LC Classification NumberPN56
