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Bringing the resources of critical theory to bear on the genre of dystopian fiction, this volume demonstrates both the continuing potential of Theodor Adorno's work on literature, and the meaning of dystopia when considered in the light of Adorno's...
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Bringing the resources of critical theory to bear on the genre of dystopian fiction, this volume demonstrates both the continuing potential of Theodor Adorno's work on literature, and the meaning of dystopia when considered in the light of Adorno's critique of modernity.
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Negative commitment at work -- Orwell and the classic dystopia -- Dystopia and the past -- Michel Houellebecq and the end of dystopia? -- American dystopia -- Bibliography -- Index.