A detailed discussion of literary dystopias as social criticism in Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New World, Orwell's 1984 , and in contemporary works.
Introduction: Utopia, Dystopia, and Social Critique Zamyatin's We: Anticipating Stalin Huxley's Brave New World: The Early Bourgeois Dystopia Orwell's 1984: The Totalitarian Dystopian after Stalin The Bourgeois Dystopia after World War II Postmodernism with a Russian Accent: The Contemporary Communist Dystopia Skepticism Squared: Western Postmodernist Dystopias Postscript: Literature and Dystopia Works Cited
M. KEITH BOOKER is Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He has authored several books, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood Press, 1994). His articles have appeared in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Eire-Ireland, James Joyce Quarterly, College English, ELH, and other journals.
?[An] outstanding volume in Greenwood Press' series on the study of
science fiction and fantasy.... Booker's readings are often
exciting, and his demonstrations that dystopian works deal with
many of the same issues that modern critical theory treats are
refreshing.... Booker's is a highly readable, extremely interesting
text that contains many new insights into dystopian thought and
literature.?-Journal of American Culture
?Booker's discussion usefully relates the important works of modern
dystopian fiction to the tenets of important contemporary literary
theories, and his coverage of newer Russian and American works of
dystopian science fiction is especially informative. Upper-division
undergraduate and up.?-Choice
?Essential to any future study of dystopian literature. Certainly,
the bibliographies can lead us all to further fruitful
investigations in the field.?-SFRA Review
"�An� outstanding volume in Greenwood Press' series on the study of
science fiction and fantasy.... Booker's readings are often
exciting, and his demonstrations that dystopian works deal with
many of the same issues that modern critical theory treats are
refreshing.... Booker's is a highly readable, extremely interesting
text that contains many new insights into dystopian thought and
literature."-Journal of American Culture
"Booker's discussion usefully relates the important works of modern
dystopian fiction to the tenets of important contemporary literary
theories, and his coverage of newer Russian and American works of
dystopian science fiction is especially informative. Upper-division
undergraduate and up."-Choice
"Essential to any future study of dystopian literature. Certainly,
the bibliographies can lead us all to further fruitful
investigations in the field."-SFRA Review
"[An] outstanding volume in Greenwood Press' series on the study of
science fiction and fantasy.... Booker's readings are often
exciting, and his demonstrations that dystopian works deal with
many of the same issues that modern critical theory treats are
refreshing.... Booker's is a highly readable, extremely interesting
text that contains many new insights into dystopian thought and
literature."-Journal of American Culture
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