Hidden Topographies: Traces of Urban Reality in Dystopian Fiction

by Raphael Zahringer and Raphael Zähringer

Book Overview

This book examines dystopian fiction's recent paradigm shift towards urban dystopias. It links the dystopian tradition with the literary history of the novel, spatio-philosophical concepts against the backdrop of the spatial turn, and systems-theory. Five dystopian novels are discussed in great detail: China Mi ville's Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City & The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger's Lilac and Flag...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110635283
• ISBN13: 9783110635287
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary