Modern utopian fictions from H.G. Wells to Iris Murdoch / Peter Edgerly Firchow.
Modern utopian fictions from H.G. Wells to Iris Murdoch / Peter Edgerly Firchow.
Modern utopian fictions from H.G. Wells to Iris Murdoch / Peter Edgerly Firchow.
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Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.
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N823.91093/2
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English
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xv, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. H.G. Wells's Time machine and the end of utopia -- 2. Shaw's Major Barbara : what price utopia? -- 3. Utopia and the end of history : Huxley, Fukuyama, Marcuse -- 4. George Orwell's dystopias : from Animal farm to Nineteen eighty-four -- 5. William Golding's Lord of the flies : an island utopia?...
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Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.
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District of Columbia
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c2007.
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"Criticism on utopian subjects has generally neglected the literary or fictional dimension of utopia. The reason for such neglect may be that earlier utopian fictions tended to be written by what one would nowadays call social scientists, e.g., Plato or Sir Thomas More. That is also why earlier discussions of utopian fiction were usually written by...
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Modern utopian fictions from H.G. Wells to Iris Murdoch / Peter Edgerly Firchow.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-199) and index.
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c2007.
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N823.91093/2
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74VMQPgVRO0y
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9780813214771 (alk. paper)
0813214777 (alk. paper)
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823.9109372
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991000367779702626
