Dystopia(n) matters : on the page, on screen, on stage

Summary: The volume is divided into two parts, separated by an Intermezzo. The first part, ""Dystopia Matters"", benefits from the contribution of reputed scholars of the field of Utopian Studies, who were asked to make a statement explaining why dystopia is important. The Intermezzo completes this part and offers the reader an informed discussion of the concepts of utopia, dystopia and anti-utopia whilst providing ground for the case studies presented in the second part, in the sections devoted to lite ...

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ISBN: 1443847437
ISBN: 9781443847438
ISBN: 1443850233
ISBN: 9781443850230
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 316 pages)
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Formatted Contents Note:	Dystopia as post-enlightenment critique in george orwell's nineteen eighty-fourtotalitarianism as liberal nightmare; on the margin of dystopia; clashing tones, harmonising concepts; sacrifice matters; denouncing social utopia from within; dystopia on screen; dystopianising the dystopian; "comparisons are odious"; between a fairy tale and a cautionary tale; dystopian loop in david cronenberg's videodrome; equilibrium; "nothing ever ends"; dystopia on stage; a negative utopia?; the dramatisation of futureless worlds.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 15, 2013). Print version record.