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The Fiction of Dread - Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse
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The Fiction of Dread - Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse
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At the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism
dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and
America. However, within just a few years, dystopia would overtake
utopia in the public imagination. In the aftermath of the World
Wars, with such canonical examples as Brave New World and
Nineteen-Eighty-Four, dystopia appeared to have become a dominant
genre, in literature and in social thought more generally. The
continuing presence and eventual dominance of dystopian themes in
popular culture – e.g., dismal authoritarian future states,
sinister global conspiracies, post-apocalyptic landscapes, a
proliferation of horrific monsters, and end-of-the-world fantasies
– have confirmed the degree to which the 21st is also a dystopian
century. Drawing on literature such as varied as H.G. Wells’s The
Time Machine, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and Suzanne Collins's
The Hunger Games, and on TV and film such as The Walking Dead,
Black Mirror, and The Last of Us, Robert T. Tally Jr. explores the
landscape of angst created by the monstrous accumulation of
dystopian material. The Fiction of Dread provides an innovative
reading of the present cultural climate and offers an alternative
vision for critical theory and practice in a moment in which, as
has been famously observed, it is easier to imagine the end of the
world than the end of capitalism.
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Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic USA
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Robert T. Tally Jr
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5013-7584-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5013-7584-9 |
Barcode: |
9781501375842 |
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