{"product_id":"9781501375842","title":"Fiction of Dread Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFiction of Dread\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert T. Tally Jr.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history and examination of dystopia and angst in popular culture that speaks to our current climate of dread.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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 \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Nineteen-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, dystopia emerged as a dominant genre, in literature and in social thought. The continuing presence and eventual dominance of dystopian themes in popular culture-e.g., dismal authoritarian future states, sinister global conspiracies, post-apocalyptic landscapes, a proliferation of horrific monsters, and end-of-the-world fantasies-have confirmed the degree to which the 21st is also a dystopian century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on literature as varied as H.G. Wells's \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Neil Gaiman's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, and Suzanne Collins's \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, and on TV and film such as \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead, Black Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert T. Tally Jr. explores the landscape of angst created by the monstrous accumulation of dystopian material. \u003ci\u003eThe Fiction of Dread\u003c\/i\u003e provides an innovative reading of contemporary culture and offers an alternative vision for critical theory and practice at a moment when, as has been famously observed, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert T. Tally Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Texas State University. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Critical Situation: Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2023); \u003ci\u003eFor a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists\u003c\/i\u003e (2022); \u003ci\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Hobbit\u003ci\u003e: Realizing History Through Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e (2022); \u003ci\u003eTopophrenia: Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); \u003ci\u003eFredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectic Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003ePoe and the Subversion of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eSpatiality\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); \u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut and the American Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); and \u003ci\u003eMelville, Mapping, and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). Tally is also the editor of the \u003ci\u003eGeocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e book series.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 January 2024\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\u003e9781501375842\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\u003e184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331874128012,"sku":"9781501375842","price":25.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_50571d67-315e-4d58-ae9d-eed547f12dcb.jpg?v=1783599665","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501375842","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}