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ABC-CLIO Dystopian Literature A Theory and Research Guide by M. Keith Booker
Dystopian literature is a potent vehicle for criticizing existing social conditions and political systems. While utopian literature portrays ideal worlds, dystopian literature depicts the flaws and failures of imaginative societies. Often these societies are related to utopias, and the dystopian writers have chosen to reveal shortcomings of those social systems previously considered ideal. This reference overviews dystopian theory and summarizes and analyzes numerous dystopian works._x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_By reviewing the critical thought of particular dystopian theorists, the beginning of the volume provides a theoretical context for the remainder of the book. Because dystopian literature is so closely related to utopian writing, the reference profiles and discusses eight important utopian works. The rest of the book includes entries for numerous dystopian novels, plays, and films. Each entry summarizes the work and discusses dystopian themes. The entries include short bibliographies, with full bibliographic information provided at the end of the volume. This comprehensive guide covers the full period from Thomas More's Utopia to the present day._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
Introduction A Guide to Selected Modern Cultural Criticism with Relevance to Dystopian Literature A Guide to Selected Utopian Fictions Dystopian Fiction A Guide to Selected Dystopian Drama A Guide to Selected Dystopian Films Bibliography Index_x000D_