Dreams of a Totalitarian Utopia: Literary Modernism and Politics

by Leon Surette

While these authors' political inclinations are well known and much discussed, previous studies have failed to adequately analyse the surrounding political circumstances that informed the specific utopian aspirations in each writer's works. Balancing a thorough knowledge of their works with an understanding of the political climate of the early twentieth century, Leon Surette provides new insights into the motivations and development of each writer's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773538119
• ISBN13: 9780773538115
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"