{"product_id":"the-fiction-of-dread-dystopia-monstrosity-and-apocalypse-paperback","title":"The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse - 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\u003eRobert T. Tally Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45428693827686,"sku":"9781501375842","price":59.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/CISJZ0d0kz9781501375842.webp?v=1775706593","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-fiction-of-dread-dystopia-monstrosity-and-apocalypse-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}