Hidden topographies : traces of urban reality in dystopian fiction /
The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
[2017]
Berlin ; Boston : [2017] Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : 2017 |
| Series: | Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia book series ;
Volume 57 Buchreihe der Anglia ; volume 57 |
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| Summary: | The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory This book examines dystopian fiction's recent paradigm shift towards urban dystopias. It links the dystopian tradition with the literary history of the novel, spatio-philosophical concepts against the backdrop of the spatial turn, and systems-theory. Five dystopian novels are discussed in great detail: China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City and The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger's Lilac and Flag (1992), and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson. The book includes chapters on the literary history of the dystopian tradition, the referential interplay of maps and literature, urban spaces in literature, borders and transgressions, and on systems-theory as a tool for charting dystopian fiction. The result is a detailed overview of how dystopian fiction constantly adapts to - and reflects on - the actual world. |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 pages) 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 311053391X 3110533960 3110535858 3110635283 9783110533910 9783110533965 9783110535853 (e-book) 9783110535853 9783110635287 |
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