Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction

by Judith Newman

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This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, Andr Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the possibility of terror - whether state or non-state, external or homegrown - shadows Utopian imaginings. Terror and Utopia are linked in fiction through...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415899125

ISBN13:9780415899123

Release Date:January 2013

Publisher:Routledge

Length:182 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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