LEADER 03958nam 22006012 450 001 996202481403316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-139-80180-5 010 $a0-511-78158-X 035 $a(CKB)2590000000003616 035 $a(MH)012563601-6 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000456042 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11268169 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000456042 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406214 035 $a(PQKB)10059239 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511781582 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050325 035 $a(PPN)16852581X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992590000000003616 100 $a20100519d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to utopian literature /$fedited by Gregory Claeys$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages;) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-71414-1 311 $a0-521-88665-1 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface Gregory Claeys; Brief chronology of key works of utopian literature and thought; Part I. History: 1. The concept of utopia Fa?tima 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. 330 $aSince the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aUtopias in literature 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aUtopias$xHistory 606 $aDystopias in literature 615 0$aUtopias in literature. 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aUtopias$xHistory. 615 0$aDystopias in literature. 676 $a809/.93372 702 $aClaeys$b Gregory 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996202481403316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to utopian literature$92493690 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress