{"product_id":"the-fiction-of-dread-robert-t-tally-jr-9781501375842","title":"The Fiction of Dread: Dystopia, Monstrosity, and Apocalypse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history and examination of dystopia and angst in popular culture that speaks to our current climate of dread.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the dawn of the 20th century, a wide-ranging utopianism dominated popular and intellectual cultures throughout Europe and America. However, in the aftermathof the World Wars, with such canonical examples as \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Nineteen-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, dystopia emerged as a dominant genre, in literature and in social thought. The continuing presence and eventual dominance of dystopian themes in popular culture-e.g., dismal authoritarian future states, sinister global conspiracies, post-apocalyptic landscapes, a proliferation of horrific monsters, and end-of-the-world fantasies-have confirmed the degree to which the 21st is also a dystopian century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on literature as varied as H.G. Wells's \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Neil Gaiman's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, and Suzanne Collins's \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, and on TV and film such as \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead, Black Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert T. Tally Jr. explores the landscape of angst created by the monstrous accumulation of dystopian material. \u003ci\u003eThe Fiction of Dread\u003c\/i\u003e provides an innovative reading of contemporary culture and offers an alternative vision for critical theory and practice at a moment when, as has been famously observed, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert T. Tally Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501375849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501375842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.63d","brand":"Robert T. Tally Jr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716325142783,"sku":"9781501375842","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b6a3aee-b00a-4fb1-8ac3-9b591ad43e8f.jpg?v=1705681885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fiction-of-dread-robert-t-tally-jr-9781501375842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}