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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; BRIEF INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTORS; PART I; UTOPIA, RELIGION AND THE GOD-BUILDERS; UTOPIA TODAY; LOGOS AND PATHOS IN THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA; UTOPIA AS A METHOD OF EVALUATION OF THE REAL; UTOPIAS IN THE 20TH CENTURY; HEGEL AND MARX; THE UTOPIAN IDEAS OF FRANCIS BACON'S NEW ATLANTIS; THE PRINCIPLE OF PLENITUDE, UTOPIA AND HETEROTOPIA; DEGENERATION; PART II; DYSTOPIAN BORGES; WILLIAM GOLDING AND THE MAGICAL POWER OF WORDS; ASPIRATIONS OF IDEALISM, POLEMICS OF MORALITY IN THE NEW ATLANTIS AND HERLAND; THE QUOTIDIAN "STORY" BETWEEN UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA. |
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SUBVERTING THE SELF ON A DYSTOPIAN BACKGROUND IN CHRISTINE BROOKE-ROSE'S OUTDYSTOPIA WITHIN; THE REPEATED FALL AND THE UTOPIA OF INNOCENCE; FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD; UTOPIA OF ENGLISH BUSINESS COMMUNICATION IN A ROMANIAN PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LINGUISTIC DYSTOPIAS IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ROMANIA; PORTRAYAL OF A DYSTOPIA IN PAUL GOMA'S JURNAL PE SARITE; IS NEVERLAND A CHILDREN'S UTOPIA?; KAZUO ISHIGURO'S NEVER LET ME GO. |
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This volume is dedicated to Francis Bacon, to William Golding and to the tradition of writing utopias and dystopias. Although some of the articles contained herein were presented at the conference from which this book originated, there are also other contributions which join these to complete a 21st century vision on utopia, from the point of view of specialists in philology, philosophy, anthropology, etc. The novelty of such an undertaking comes from the fact that the editors enabled researc ... |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Utopias in literature.
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Utopias in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Barbul, Minodora.
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Demarcsek, Ramona.
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Print version: Tomoiaga, Ligia. From Francis Bacon to William Golding : Utopias and Dystopias of Today and of Yore. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443839136 |
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9781443839440 (electronic book) |
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1443839442 (electronic book) |
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1443839132 |
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9781443839136 |
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