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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Judie Newman (University of Nottingham, UK) , Professor Judie Newman (University of Newcastle upon Tyne The University of Nottingham, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 21 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780415899123ISBN 10: 0415899125 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 16 January 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Rotten with perfection: Kim Edwards, The Secrets of a Fire King. 3.Fiction and the Unabomber: Susan Choi, A Person of Interest. 4.Blowback: André Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog. 5. Falling Woman: André Dubus III, The Garden of Last Days 6. Pictures from a Revolution: Dalia Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz 7.Updike’s Many Worlds: Local and Global in Toward the End of Time. 8.The Black Atlantic as Dystopia: Bernardine Evaristo, Blonde Roots. 9.Disaster Utopias: Chitra Divakaruni, One Amazing Thing.Reviews""This up-to-the-minute look at some of the most remarkable examples of a classic genre as it keeps pace with developments in the real world is fascinating and enlightening….Students of literature will appreciate the author's many references to earlier, important critical perspectives on utopian forms, in addition to her own insightful evaluations of these very recent works. Like the stories themselves, Newman is exploring fresh territory. Readers will enjoy her engaging style and the self-contained chapters and useful bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" --D. C. Greenwood, Albright College, CHOICE “This is a focused investigation demonstrating a keen analysis of narrative technique… Newman’s effort is both timely and considered.” - Kate North, Times Higher Education ""This up-to-the-minute look at some of the most remarkable examples of a classic genre as it keeps pace with developments in the real world is fascinating and enlightening…Each chapter takes up a significant new work of fiction, placing it within the literary tradition and showing how it builds on that tradition in noteworthy ways…Students of literature will appreciate the author's many references to earlier, important critical perspectives on utopian forms, in addition to her own insightful evaluations of these very recent works. Like the stories themselves, Newman is exploring fresh territory. Readers will enjoy her engaging style and the self-contained chapters and useful bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" -D. C. Greenwood, Albright College, Choice ""A book that provides a thoughtful, erudite and wide-ranging discussion of literary fiction…I will be returning to this book, using it in my own teaching and research, and encouraging others to do so as well."" --Aliki Varvogli, University of Dundee, Journal of American Studies ""Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction offers a series of thought-provoking readings on contemporary fiction, brought together on the basis of their utopian potential."" --Paula Martín Salván, University of Córdoba, ATLANTIS Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies This is a focused investigation demonstrating a keen analysis of narrative technique... Newman's effort is both timely and considered. - Kate North, Times Higher Education This up-to-the-minute look at some of the most remarkable examples of a classic genre as it keeps pace with developments in the real world is fascinating and enlightening....Students of literature will appreciate the author's many references to earlier, important critical perspectives on utopian forms, in addition to her own insightful evaluations of these very recent works. Like the stories themselves, Newman is exploring fresh territory. Readers will enjoy her engaging style and the self-contained chapters and useful bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. --D. C. Greenwood, Albright College, CHOICE This is a focused investigation demonstrating a keen analysis of narrative technique... Newman's effort is both timely and considered. - Kate North, Times Higher Education This up-to-the-minute look at some of the most remarkable examples of a classic genre as it keeps pace with developments in the real world is fascinating and enlightening...Each chapter takes up a significant new work of fiction, placing it within the literary tradition and showing how it builds on that tradition in noteworthy ways...Students of literature will appreciate the author's many references to earlier, important critical perspectives on utopian forms, in addition to her own insightful evaluations of these very recent works. Like the stories themselves, Newman is exploring fresh territory. Readers will enjoy her engaging style and the self-contained chapters and useful bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. -D. C. Greenwood, Albright College, Choice A book that provides a thoughtful, erudite and wide-ranging discussion of literary fiction...I will be returning to this book, using it in my own teaching and research, and encouraging others to do so as well. --Aliki Varvogli, University of Dundee, Journal of American Studies Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction offers a series of thought-provoking readings on contemporary fiction, brought together on the basis of their utopian potential. --Paula Martin Salvan, University of Cordoba, ATLANTIS Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies Author InformationJudie Newman is Professor of American Studies at The University of Nottingham, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |