Dystopia

The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept; an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias; and a brief history of the literary dystopia from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Prima monografie dedicata conceptului de distopie: redefinirea conceptelor centrale si a cronologiei genului si oferirea unei imagini teoretice si a preistoriei conceptului; o relatare a regimurilor totalitare din secolul al XX-lea ca distopii; si o scurta istorie a distopiei literare de la inceputul secolului al XIX-lea pana in prezent.