{"product_id":"utopia-and-its-discontents-plato-to-atwood-paperback","title":"Utopia and Its Discontents: Plato to Atwood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastian Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTopics covered include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is an essential study for scholars and students of utopian literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665994014764,"sku":"9781441109637","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/Yakmoz2Lzg9781441109637.webp?v=1781621100","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/utopia-and-its-discontents-plato-to-atwood-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}