The Cambridge companion to utopian literature /

The Cambridge companion to utopian literature /

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Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge companions to topics Cambridge companions to literature and classics Cambridge companions complete collection Cambridge collections online Cambridge companions to topics. Cambridge companions to literature and classics. Cambridge companions complete collection. Cambridge collections online.
Subject:	Utopias in literature. Dystopias in literature. Utopias -- History. Science fiction, English -- History and criticism. Dystopias in literature. Science fiction, English. Utopias. Utopias in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12473416

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Other authors / contributors:	Claeys, Gregory.
ISBN:	9780521886659 0521886651 9780521714143 0521714141 9780511781582 051178158X 1139801805 9781139801805
Notes:	Title from home page (viewed October 8, 2010). Digital object identifier: 10.1017/CCOL9780521886659. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship."
Other form:	Print version: Cambridge companion to utopian literature. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521886659
Standard no.:	3284414

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Summary:	Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship.
Item Description:	Title from home page (viewed October 8, 2010). Digital object identifier: 10.1017/CCOL9780521886659.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780521886659 0521886651 9780521714143 0521714141 9780511781582 051178158X 1139801805 9781139801805