Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction

by Judie Newman

Book Overview

This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, Andr Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the possibility of terror - whether state or non-state, external or homegrown - shadows Utopian imaginings. Terror and Utopia are linked in fiction through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138813958
• ISBN13: 9781138813953
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"