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Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction/ by Thomas Horan.
作者:	Horan, Thomas.
面頁冊數:	X, 212 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Literature—History and criticism. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70675-7
ISBN:	9783319706757

Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction
Horan, Thomas.

Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction[electronic resource] /by Thomas Horan. - 1st ed. 2018. - X, 212 p.online resource. - Palgrave Studies in Utopianism. - Palgrave Studies in Utopianism.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Sexualized Proletariat in Jack London’s The Iron Heel -- 3. Redemptive Atavism in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We -- 4. The Sexual Life of the Savage in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World -- 5. Katherine Burdekin’s Swastika Night, a Gay Romance -- 6. Distortions of Queer Desire in Ayn Rand’s Anthem -- 7. Desire and Empathy in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four -- 8. Ludic Perversions and Enduring Communities in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale -- 9. Conclusion.

This book assesses key works of twentieth-century dystopian fiction, including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, to demonstrate that the major authors of this genre locate empathy and morality in eroticism. Taken together, these books delineate a subset of politically conscious speculative literature, which can be understood collectively as projected political fiction. While Thomas Horan addresses problematic aspects of this subgenre, particularly sexist and racist stereotypes, he also highlights how some of these texts locate social responsibility in queer and other non-heteronormative sexual relationships, anticipating the ideas of various cultural theorists. In these novels, even when the illicit relationship itself is truncated, sexual desire fosters hope and community.

ISBN: 9783319706757

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-70675-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Literature—History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: PN441-1009.5

Dewey Class. No.: 809

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