Hidden topographies : traces of urban reality in dystopian fiction / Raphael Zahringer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zähringer, Raphael, author.

Series:

Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia book series ; Volume 57.

Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series ; Volume 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction.

Dystopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 detail: China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City & The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger's Lilac and Flag (1992), and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson. The book includes chapters on the literary history of the dystopian tradition, the referential interplay of maps and literature, urban spaces in literature, borders and transgressions, and on systems-theory as a tool for charting dystopian fiction. The result is a detailed overview of how dystopian fiction constantly adapts to - and reflects on - the actual world.

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

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2017).

ISBN:

9783110533965

3110533960

OCLC:

987019336