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Dystopian Literature A Theory and Research Guide
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M. Keith Booker
Book Code: GR9115
ISBN: 0-313-29115-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29115-9
424 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/1994
List Price: $127.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: 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
Description: Dystopian 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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
LC Card Number: 93-40173
LCC Class: PN56
Dewey Class: 809
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