Searching for Truth and Freedom

ISBN-13: 9783659185991 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 416 str.

Artur Skweres

Opis

The book Searching for Truth and Freedom: Philip K. Dicks Works in Light of Alexis de Tocquevilles Thought proposes an original approach towards the fiction of Philip K. Dick and its film adaptations. Its novelty lays in basing its theoretical assumptions on the premises formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville, who, while influential in the fields of sociology and political theory, cannot yet be regarded as such in the fields of film or literary studies. This book utilizes analysis of Tocquevilles predictions concerning democratic art to examine a comprehensive range of Dicks fiction, as well as their film adaptations. The examination reveals how deeply grounded Philip K. Dicks concerns were in American democratic aspirations and anxieties. The book will certainly be of interest to the growing number of scholars, as well as students of literature, looking for a new approach to Dicks fiction and its film adaptations. It can also be recommended to readers interested in the application of Tocquevilles thought to contemporary American science-fiction literature and film.

O autorze

Artur Skweres obtained his PhD in literary studies from the School of English of Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna , Poland. He teaches at the English Department of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts (Kalisz, Poland) of the same university.