{"product_id":"9781041428473","title":"Orwell and the Dictator Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Focus on Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOrwell and the Dictator Novel\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYutaka Okuhata\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twentieth century witnessed an age of dictatorship, extending from Fascist and Nazi regimes to totalitarian communist states and numerous other authoritarian regimes across the world. Even today, the international political landscape remains shaped by the policy orientations of repressive political orders, lending renewed relevance to George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e (1945) and \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e (1949).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell and the Dictator Novel\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new reading of these works as foundational to an Anglophone tradition of \"dictator fiction,\" spanning genres such as dystopian and science fiction, postmodern fiction, fantasy, fable, and realist postcolonial writing. While Latin American dictator novels have long been recognized as a distinct subgenre, their Anglophone counterparts have received less critical attention despite their significance in exploring dictatorship and totalitarianism. The study argues that Orwell, alongside contemporaries like Sinclair Lewis and Arthur Koestler, developed a \"formal grammar\" for the genre: a set of themes, tropes, and narrative structures that later writers adapt across diverse contexts. Rather than simply tracing Orwell's influence, the book demonstrates a reciprocal relationship, as later works both inherit and transform Orwell's formal and thematic concerns, reconfiguring them across cultural-historical settings, while also deepening our understanding of Orwell's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tradition encompasses a remarkably diverse range of authors and genres. Central to the book's analysis is how literature functions as resistance against dictatorship. It focuses particularly on works like Naipaul's \u003ci\u003eA Bend in the River\u003c\/i\u003e, Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eHaroun and the Sea of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and others that explore this theme. By situating these texts within a broader literary tradition, the book reveals how Anglophone fiction has consistently grappled with authoritarianism across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, remaining urgently relevant in today's political landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eYutaka Okuhata is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Japan Women’s University, Tokyo. He received his PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London in 2019. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAngela Carter’s Critique of Her Contemporary World: Politics, History, and Mortality\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), as well as three Japanese-language books on Harold Pinter, J. G. Ballard, and the history of dictator fiction. His articles on modern and contemporary British literature have appeared in journals including \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Women’s Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041428473\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e116\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547312275596,"sku":"9781041428473","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041428473","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}