Apocalyptic Fiction (21st Century Genre Fiction) - Softcover

Tate, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474233503 ISBN 13: 9781474233507

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2017

Synopsis

Visions of post-apocalyptic worlds have proved to be irresistible for many 21st-century writers, from literary novelists to fantasy and young adult writers. Exploring a wide range of texts, from the works of Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy, Tom Perrotta and Emily St. John Mandel to young adult novels such as Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series, this is the first critical introduction to contemporary apocalyptic fiction.

Exploring the cultural and political contexts of these writings and their echoes in popular media, Apocalyptic Fiction also examines how contemporary apocalyptic texts looks back to earlier writings by the likes of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. Apocalyptic Fiction includes an annotated guide to secondary readings, making this an essential guide for students of contemporary fiction at all levels.

About this title

Review:

Tate traces a diverse array of tropes as they surface in this century's most indelible doomsday fantasies ... Fluent and perceptive.
Times Literary Supplement

This is a consistently suggestive, scholarly and readable study of the literature of apocalypse both inside and outside science fiction.
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction

About the Author:

Andrew Tate is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1474233503
• ISBN 13: 9781474233507
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186