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Human nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction / Nivedita Bagchi.
Van Pelt Library PR830.D96 B34 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bagchi, Nivedita, author.
- Series:
- Politics, literature, & film
- Politics, literature, and film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Utopias in literature.
- Dystopias in literature.
- Human beings in literature.
- State, The, in literature.
- Psychology in literature.
- Science fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 77 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Booksk, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works of Thomas More, Edward Bellamy, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. By teasing out the underlying conceptions of human nature in these novels, this book links the ontology of their works directly to their political prescriptions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The imperfection of utopia: the combination of reason and religion in Thomas More
- The mutability of human nature in Edward Bellamy's Looking backward
- Technology and human nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave new world
- The totalitarian state and human nature in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bagchi, Nivedita N., author. Human nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction
- ISBN:
- 9781498551663
- 1498551661
- OCLC:
- 1048943583
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