David Sergeant (University of Plymouth)

The Near Future in Twenty-First-Century Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how novels and films set in the near future can shed light both on our failures of imagination before the challenges of climate change, and possible ways forward in the face of planetary disaster. It will appeal to researchers working in twenty-first century literary studies, climate and literature, and environmental humanities.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781009279888
• ISBN-10: 1009279882
• Artikelnr.: 64536324

Autorenporträt

David Sergeant is Associate Professor in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature at the University of Plymouth. He is the author of a monograph on Rudyard Kipling, three poetry collections, and essays in journals including Novel, Genre, and Twentieth-Century Literature. He is co-editor of volumes on Robert Burns and Doris Lessing.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The domestic near future 1: renewing time
2. The domestic near future 2: bodies
3. The state of art: creativity and scale
4. Diagnostic dead-ends: seeking the emergent form
5. The art of history: Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Moon
6. Identity and power: historical returns and breaks
7. In search of revolution: territory and history
8. The genre of revolution: Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140.