The Post-Apocalyptic Novel in the Twenty-First Century: Modernity Beyond Salvage

"Since 2000, major Western authors have flocked to a literary form once considered lowbrow "genre fiction": the post-apocalyptic novel. This book examines the most influential of these texts. It argues that they use the post-apocalyptic form to reevaluate modernity in the context of the new century's political, economic and ecological challenges"--

Author: H. Hicks
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/18/2016
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781349716494
2016 Edition