Utopian Pasts and Futures in the Contemporary American Novel
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Utopian Pasts and Futures in the Contemporary American Novel
Lanzendoerfer, Tim
Edinburgh University Press
12/2023
240
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Inglês
9781399519144
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Speculative Historism, Visible Historical Futures
At the Edges of Realism: Ken Kalfus's Equilateral
The Prismatic Lens of Genre: Joyce Carol Oates's The Accursed
A Less Oblique Mode of Political Art: Chris Bachelder's U.S.! and Jason Heller's Taft 2012
Escapism, Nostalgia, and Hope: Ernest Cline's Ready Player One
Marvellous Histories, Possible Futures: Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Slavery and Speculation: Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Ben Winter's Underground Airlines
Conclusion: Speculative Historism and Contemporary Hope
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Speculative Historism, Visible Historical Futures
At the Edges of Realism: Ken Kalfus's Equilateral
The Prismatic Lens of Genre: Joyce Carol Oates's The Accursed
A Less Oblique Mode of Political Art: Chris Bachelder's U.S.! and Jason Heller's Taft 2012
Escapism, Nostalgia, and Hope: Ernest Cline's Ready Player One
Marvellous Histories, Possible Futures: Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Slavery and Speculation: Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Ben Winter's Underground Airlines
Conclusion: Speculative Historism and Contemporary Hope
Bibliography
Index
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Contemporary American Fiction; utopian fiction; literary theory; historical fiction; genre fiction
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Speculative Historism, Visible Historical Futures
At the Edges of Realism: Ken Kalfus's Equilateral
The Prismatic Lens of Genre: Joyce Carol Oates's The Accursed
A Less Oblique Mode of Political Art: Chris Bachelder's U.S.! and Jason Heller's Taft 2012
Escapism, Nostalgia, and Hope: Ernest Cline's Ready Player One
Marvellous Histories, Possible Futures: Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Slavery and Speculation: Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Ben Winter's Underground Airlines
Conclusion: Speculative Historism and Contemporary Hope
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Speculative Historism, Visible Historical Futures
At the Edges of Realism: Ken Kalfus's Equilateral
The Prismatic Lens of Genre: Joyce Carol Oates's The Accursed
A Less Oblique Mode of Political Art: Chris Bachelder's U.S.! and Jason Heller's Taft 2012
Escapism, Nostalgia, and Hope: Ernest Cline's Ready Player One
Marvellous Histories, Possible Futures: Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Slavery and Speculation: Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Ben Winter's Underground Airlines
Conclusion: Speculative Historism and Contemporary Hope
Bibliography
Index
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