Hidden Topographies : : Traces of Urban Reality in Dystopian Fiction /

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

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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 deta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 277 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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