Edwards, Caroline (2009) Microtopias: the post-apocalyptic communities of Jim Crace’s 'The pesthouse'. Textual Practice, 23 (5). ISSN 0950-236X
Full content URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09502360903169144
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
This article positions The Pesthouse as part of a broader contemporary shift towards the scaling down of utopian imaginaries and argues that the utopian communities in Crace’s distant post-apocalyptic American future function as critical, micro-political alternatives; what I call literary microtopias.
| Keywords: | contemporary literature, Jim Crace, British fiction, post-apocalyptic narratives, utopianism, microtopias |
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| Subjects: | Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q320 English Literature |
| Divisions: | College of Arts > School of English & Journalism > School of English & Journalism (English) |
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| ID Code: | 5702 |
| Deposited On: | 25 May 2012 14:18 |
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