Desire and empathy in twentieth-century dystopian fiction
Auteur :
Horan, Thomas
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319889788
Date de publication :
8 mai 2019
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book assesses key works of twentieth-century dystopian fiction, including Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night, 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.