Hidden Topographies : : Traces of Urban Reality in Dystopian Fiction / / Raphael Zähringer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Zähringer, Raphael,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series , 57
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 277 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; List of Abbreviations --; I. Introduction --; II. From More to Miéville: the Dystopian Tradition --; III. Literature and Maps, Maps and Literature --; IV. Urban Spaces: Taking a Stroll --; V. Against the Grain: Borders and Transgressions --; VI. Systems Theory and the Fiction of Probable Reality --; VII. Conclusion --; Works Cited --; Name Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110535853; 9783110762495; 9783110719543; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548198
• ISSN: 0340-5435
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110535853
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Raphael Zähringer.

This book examines dystopian fiction’s recent paradigm shift towards urban dystopias. It links the dystopian tradition with the literary history of the novel, spatio-philosophical concepts against the backdrop of the spatial turn, and systems-theory. Five dystopian novels are discussed in great detail: China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City & The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger’s Lilac and Flag (1992), and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson. The book includes chapters on the literary history of the dystopian tradition, the referential interplay of maps and literature, urban spaces in literature, borders and transgressions, and on systems-theory as a tool for charting dystopian fiction. The result is a detailed overview of how dystopian fiction constantly adapts to – and reflects on – the actual world.