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George Orwell : fugitive from the camp of victory
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Year: 1961 Publisher: London : Martin Secker & Warburg,

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Defined by a hollow : essays on utopia, science fiction and political epistemology
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ISBN: 9783039114030 Year: 2010 Volume: 6 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main [etc.] Peter Lang


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Dystopia : a natural history : a study of modern despotism, its antecedents, and its literary diffractions
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ISBN: 9780198785682 0198785682 0191827479 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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Dystopia: A Natural History" is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central concepts and the chronology of the genre and offers a paradigm-shifting understanding of the subject. Part One assesses the theory and prehistory of 'dystopia'. By contrast to utopia, conceived as promoting an ideal of friendship defined as 'enhanced sociability', dystopia is defined by estrangement, fear, and the proliferation of 'enemy' categories. A 'natural history' of dystopia thus concentrates upon the centrality of the passion or emotion of fear and hatred in modern despotisms. The work of Le Bon, Freud, and others is used to show how dystopian groups use such emotions. Utopia and dystopia are portrayed not as opposites, but as extremes on a spectrum of sociability, defined by a heightened form of group identity. The prehistory of the process whereby 'enemies' are demonised is explored from early conceptions of monstrosity through Christian conceptions of the devil and witchcraft, and the persecution of heresy.


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Utopia and anti-utopia in modern times
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ISBN: 0631148736 9780631148739 Year: 1987 Publisher: Oxford Blackwell

The end of Utopia : a study of Aldous Huxley's Brave new world
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ISBN: 0838750583 Year: 1984 Publisher: Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press,

Gender and utopia in the eighteenth century : essays in English and French utopian writing
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ISBN: 0754654354 9780754654353 9781315584010 9781317130284 9781317130291 9781138263031 Year: 2007 Publisher: Aldershot [etc.] Ashgate


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Orwell and the left
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ISBN: 0300016867 9780300016864 Year: 1974 Publisher: New Haven (Conn.): Yale university

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Right and left (Political science) in literature --- Satire, English --- Dystopias in literature --- Politics and literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Orwell, George --- Political and social views --- Orwell, George, --- -Satire, English --- -English satire --- Dystopias in literature. --- Right and left (Political science) in literature. --- -Blair, Eric --- Blair, Eric Arthur --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- -History and criticism --- Political aspects --- Āravēla, Jorja, --- Blair, Eric Arthur, --- Oruel, G., --- Oravēla, Jyorja, --- Orvel, Džordž, --- Orṿel, G'org', --- Oruell, Dzhordzh, --- Oruel, Dzhordzh, --- Ārvel, Jārji, --- Ōweru, Jōji, --- Ūrvil, Jurj, --- Jārj Ārvil, --- אורוול, גורג, --- אורוול, ג׳ורג׳ --- אורול, ג׳ורג׳, --- اورويل، جورج --- 奥威尔乔治, --- آرول، جارج، --- Political and social views. --- History and criticism. --- Orwell, Georg --- Orwell, George. --- Āravēla, Jorja --- Oravēla, Jyorja --- Orvel, Džordž --- Orṿel, G'org' --- Oruell, Dzhordzh --- Oruel, Dzhordzh --- Ārvel, Jārji --- Ōweru, Jōji --- Ūrvil, Jurj --- Jārj Ārvil --- Satire, English - History and criticism --- Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 16th century --- Orwell, George, - 1903-1950 - Political and social views --- Orwell, George, - 1903-1950 --- ORWELL (ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR, DIT GEORGE), 1903-1950 --- POLITIQUE ET LITTERATURE --- DROITE ET GAUCHE (SCIENCE POLITIQUE) --- SATIRE ANGLAISE --- DYSTOPIES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- PENSEE POLITIQUE ET SOCIALE --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- 20E SIECLE --- DANS LA LITTERATURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE

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