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200 12$aA feeling of wrongness $epessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture /$fJoseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman
210  1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2018]
210  4$dİ2018
215   $a1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) $cillustrations
311   $a0-271-08235-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a"Few defenders" : an introduction -- "no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.
330   $a"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.
606   $aPessimism$vCase studies
606   $aPopular culture
606   $aRhetoric
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615  0$aPopular culture.
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