This book is for scholars of contemporary literature. It argues for a renaissance of British literary talent in the twenty-first century, introducing readers to several new writers. The analysis of utopian anticipation will also be of interest to academics working in utopian studies, critical theory and the philosophy of time.
This book is for scholars of contemporary literature. It argues for a renaissance of British literary talent in the twenty-first century, introducing readers to several new writers. The analysis of utopian anticipation will also be of interest to academics working in utopian studies, critical theory and the philosophy of time.
Caroline Edwards is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. Her work on living writers has led to two co-edited books: China Miéville: Critical Essays (2015) and Maggie Gee: Critical Essays (2015). Caroline has published in a number of journals, including Telos, Modern Fiction Studies, Textual Practice, ASAP/Journal, Contemporary Literature, Subjectivity, Times Higher Education and New Statesman. Caroline is a founding member of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS) and a director of the scholarly publisher Open Library of Humanities.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: daily into the blue 2. Reading fictions of the not yet 3. Death: moments of possibility 4. Transmigration: networking utopian times 5. Apocalypse: co-evolutionary futures 6. Epilogue: world as home.
1. Introduction: daily into the blue 2. Reading fictions of the not yet 3. Death: moments of possibility 4. Transmigration: networking utopian times 5. Apocalypse: co-evolutionary futures 6. Epilogue: world as home.
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