Format:
XVI, 295 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Collections Online Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online Online-Ausg. New York : Cambridge Collections Online. Online-Ressource
Edition:
Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
Cambridge collections online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to literature and classics
ISBN:
9780521714143
,
0521714141
,
9780521886659
,
0521886651
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to topics
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
,
Machine generated contents note: Preface Gregory Claeys; Brief chronology of key works of utopian literature and thought; Part I. History: 1. The concept of utopia Fátima Vieira; 2. Thomas More's Utopia: sources, legacy and interpretation J. C. Davis; 3. Utopianism after More: the Renaissance and Enlightenment Nicole Pohl; 4. Varieties of nineteenth-century utopias Kenneth M. Roemer; 5. The origins of dystopia: Wells, Huxley and Orwell Gregory Claeys; Part II. Literature: 6. Utopia, dystopia and science fiction Peter Fitting; 7. Utopia and Romance Patrick Parrinder; 8. Feminism and utopianism Alessa Johns; 9. Colonial and post-colonial utopias Lyman Tower Sargent; 10. 'Non-western' utopian traditions Jacqueline Dutton; 11. Ecology and utopia Brian Stableford; Further reading.
,
Online-Ausg. New York : Cambridge Collections Online. Online-Ressource
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511781582
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521886659
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to utopian literature Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 ISBN 9780521714143
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521886659
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521714141
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521886651
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to utopian literature
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Utopie
;
Literatur
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521886659
Author information:
Claeys, Gregory 1951-
Bookmarklink
