{"product_id":"9781441109637","title":"Utopia and Its Discontents Plato to Atwood","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtopia and Its Discontents\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlato to Atwood\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSebastian Mitchell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtopia and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e traces literary representations of ideal communities from Plato to the 21st century. Each chapter offers close readings of key utopian and anti-utopian texts to demonstrate how they construct, challenge and explore the ideas and forms of earlier utopian writings and the social and political ideals of their own periods. In this original and insightful study, Sebastian Mitchell demonstrates how literary utopias are often as much about the past as they are about the present and the future.\u003ci\u003e Utopia and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e concludes by arguing against the idea that the utopian has been eclipsed by the dystopian in contemporary culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTopics covered include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Early political and philosophical authors, such as Plato and Thomas More\u003cbr\u003e - Literary works, from Jonathan Swift's \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e to George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Speculative-fiction writers such as H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e - Ecological and feminist texts by Ernest Callenbach, Ursula Le Guin and Marge Piercy\u003cbr\u003e - Twenty-first century utopianism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is an essential study for scholars and students of utopian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSebastian Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University of Birmingham, UK. His publications include \u003ci\u003eVisions of Britain, 1730-1830: Anglo-Scottish Writing and Representation \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 March 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441109637\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e266\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223561371788,"sku":"9781441109637","price":38.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b94d16df-0e85-46a6-a502-afcc9078defc.jpg?v=1783077063","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781441109637","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}