The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse

A history and examination of dystopia and angst in popular culture that speaks to our current climate of dread. At the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and America. However, in the aftermathof the World Wars, with such...

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Main Author: Tally Jr., Robert T. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] Bloomsbury Academic 2023
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Edition:1st ed
Further subjects:B Literature: history & criticism
B Dystopias in popular culture
B Horror & ghost stories
B Monsters in popular culture
B Science Fiction
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505 8 0 |a Acknowledgements Introduction: Monstrous Accumulation 1. Evoking Dread: The Reality of Possibility 2. Baleful Continuities; or, the Desire Called Dystopia 3. Lost in Grand Central: American Gods, Free Trade, and Globalization 4. The Utopia of the Mirror: The Postmodern Mise en abyme 5. Welcome to the Teratocene: Morbid Symptoms at the Present Conjuncture 6. Teratology as Ideology Critique; or, a Monster Under Every Bed 7. The End-of-the-World as World System 8. In the Deserts of the Empire: The Map, the Territory, and the Heterotopian Enclave Conclusion: Gold-Bearing Rubble Bibliography Index 
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