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Utopian Fantasy : A Study of English Utopian Fiction since the End of the Nineteenth Century

Publisher	Milton : Routledge
Year	2019
Authors	*Gerber, Richard 1924-1986

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00182644		Taylor & Francis eBooks Archive Collection (電子ブック)	9781000734324

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	1 online resource (185 p.)
Notes	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface to the Second Edition; Prefatory Note; Introduction; Part One THE EVOLUTIONARY SETTING; 1 The Rise of Utopian Humanism; 2 Man and Superman; 3 The Problem of Survival; Part Two SOCIAL CONFLICTS; 1 Utopia, Arcadian and Scientific; 2 Science and Religion; 3 Mass and Class; 4 The Servile State; Part Three AESTHETIC CONCRETION; 1 Utopian Fantasy; 2 Ironical Realism; 3 Symbolical Journeys; 4 Towards the Novel; 5 Literary Achievement; Notes; Appendix: An Annotated List of English Utopian Fantasies 1901-1951 Appendix: An Annotated List of English Utopian Fantasies 1952-1971Bibliography; Additional Bibliography; Index This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper genre - utopian fiction. Beginning with the imaginary journeys of writers like H. G. Wells at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Gerber traces the evolving themes and forms of the genre through their culmination in the sophisticated nightmares of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. It is a two-fold transformation: On the one hand, the optimism of social reformers whose visions of the future were nurtured by the theories of Darwin and the triumph of science and industry gradually gives way to the pessimism of moral philosophers alarmed at the power science and technology have put at the disposal of totalitarian rulers. On the other hand, the earlier writers' dependence on framing and distancing devices for their stories and heavy emphasis on technical details give way to the subtlety of complex psychological novels whose artistry makes the reader a citizen of the tragic worlds depicted OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record HTTP:URL=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429344022 Information=Taylor & Francis
Subjects	FREE:LITERARY CRITICISM / General LCSH:English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism All Subject Search LCSH:Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism All Subject Search LCSH:Utopias in literature
Classification	LCC:PR888.U7 DC23:823/.0876
ID	8000084223
ISBN	9781000734324