Tony Burns

Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature

Ursula K. Le Guin and The Dispossessed

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Produktbeschreibung

This work challenges both the widely accepted view thatThe Dispossessed represents a new kind of literary utopia and the place of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel in the histories of utopian/dystopian literature and science fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780739122839
• ISBN-10: 0739122835
• Artikelnr.: 28115147

Autorenporträt

Anthony Burns is associate professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Dedication Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 1 Introduction Chapter 5 2 Science Fiction and the History of
Utopian Literature: H.G. Wells, Zamyatin, and Le Guin Chapter 6 3 Le Guin's
Dialectical Approach to Questions of Philosophy and Politics Chapter 7 4
Science and Progress in the Writings of Zamyatin and Le Guin Chapter 8 5 Le
Guin'sThe Dispossessed and Utopian Literature Chapter 9 6 Politics and
Literature in the Writings of Le Guin Chapter 10 7 Ethics in the Writings
of Le Guin Chapter 11 8 Anarchist Politics in Zamyatin and Le Guin Chapter
12 9 Conservatism in the Writings of Le Guin Chapter 13 10 Conclusion: Le
Guin and Radical Politics Today Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Index