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Fokkema Douwe Fokkema
Perfect Worlds [PDF ebook]
Utopian Fiction in China and the West

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Perfect Worlds is an extensive, comparative study of utopian narratives in both the East and the West. Douwe Fokkema provides an elegant argument about the human impulse to imagine new and better worlds, astutely observing that the utopian imagination thrives in the context of secularization. Fokkema also tracks the rise of dystopian narratives, invoking authors as diverse as Margaret Atwood and Lao She, and provides a cogent evaluation of the role of imagined worlds in both Chinese and Euro-American fiction. A shrewd comparison of cultures, as well as a vivid account of cross-cultural influence, this volume is a welcome addition to the scholarly discourse on utopias.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 448 ● ISBN 9789048514861 ● Editor Thomassen Jacques Thomassen & van Ommen Kasper van Ommen ● Editorial Amsterdam University Press ● Publicado 2012 ● Descargable 6 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 3188067 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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