The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse

by Robert T. Tally Jr.

A history and examination of dystopia and angst in popular culture that speaks to our current climate of dread.

At the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and America. However, in the aftermathof the World Wars, with such canonical examples as Brave New World and Nineteen-Eighty-Four, dystopia emerged as a dominant genre, in literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501375857
• ISBN13: 9781501375859
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"