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Dystopia : a natural history / Gregory Claeys.
By: Claeys, Gregory [author.]
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191827471 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Dystopias -- History | Dystopias in literature | Totalitarianism -- History -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198785682DDC classification: 321 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept; an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias; and a brief history of the literary dystopia from the early nineteenth century to the present.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept; an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias; and a brief history of the literary dystopia from the early nineteenth century to the present.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 9, 2016).