书目名称 | Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction | 编辑 | Thomas Horan | 视频video | | 概述 | Provides the first book-length study that identifies a unifying thematic concern of twentieth-century dystopian fiction.Argues that the books under analysis illustrate a connection between sexuality a | 丛书名称 | Palgrave Studies in Utopianism | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book assesses key works of twentieth-century dystopian fiction, including Katharine Burdekin’s .Swastika Night., George Orwell’s .Nineteen Eighty-Four., and Margaret Atwood’s .The Handmaid’s Tale., to demonstrate that the major authors of this genre locate empathy and morality in eroticism. Taken together, these books delineate a subset of politically conscious speculative literature, which can be understood collectively as projected political fiction. While Thomas Horan addresses problematic aspects of this subgenre, particularly sexist and racist stereotypes, he also highlights how some of these texts locate social responsibility in queer and other non-heteronormative sexual relationships. In these novels, even when the illicit relationship itself is truncated, sexual desire fosters hope and community.. | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | 关键词 | Russian Revolution; fascism; sexuality; Cold War; Fordism | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70675-7 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-88978-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-70675-7Series ISSN 2946-4471 Series E-ISSN 2946-448X | issn_series | 2946-4471 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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