Dystopia: a natural history: a study of modern despotism, its antecedents, and its literary diffractions
The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept; an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias; and a brief history of the literary dystopia from...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | The Necessity of Hope in Dystopian Times: A Critical Reflection (2020) (Moylan, Tom, 1943 -)
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Anti-Utopian (Literature)
/ Literature
B English language / Literature / Totalitarianism (Motif) |
| Further subjects: | B
Dystopias in literature
B Totalitarianism in literature B Totalitarianism History 20th century B Dystopias History B Totalitarianism History 20th century |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780198785682 |
| Summary: | The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept; an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias; and a brief history of the literary dystopia from the early nineteenth century to the present. |
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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 2016. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 9, 2016) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-182747-1 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785682.001.0001 |
