Dystopia: A Study of Modern Despotism, Its Antecedents, and Its Literary Diffractions

Date

2017

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Description

The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia Redefines the central concepts and the chronology of the dystopian genre Engages with the concept of dystopia within literary traditions, as well as real despotisms and collapsing societies Offers an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, spanning literature, history, social psychology, and sociology

Keywords

Dystopia , Literature , Sociology , History

Citation

Claeys, Gregory. Dystopia: A Study of Modern Despotism, Its Antecedents, and Its Literary Diffractions. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2017.