This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.
This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It ar...
Utopia and its Discontents traces literary representations of ideal communities from Plato to the 21st century. Each chapter offers close readings of key utopian and anti-utopian texts to demonstrate how they construct, challenge and explore the ideas and forms of earlier utopian writings and the social and political ideals of their own periods. The book explores how literary utopias are often as much about the past as they are about the present and the future.
Utopia and Its Discontents covers such topics as:
- Early political and philosophical...
Utopia and its Discontents traces literary representations of ideal communities from Plato to the 21st century. Each chapter offers close re...
