Flowers of Time - On Postapocalyptic Fiction

An exploration of postapocalyptic fiction, from antiquity to today, and its connections to political theory and other literary genresThe literary lineage of postapocalyptic fiction-stories set after civilization's destruction-is a long one, spanning the biblical tale of Noah and Hesiod's Works and Days to the works of Mary Shelley, Octavia Butl

About the author

Mark Payne is the Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Departments of Classics and Comparative Literature, the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, and the College at the University of Chicago. His books include Theocritus and the Invention of Fiction, The Animal Part, and Hontology.

Summary

An exploration of postapocalyptic fiction, from antiquity to today, and its connections to political theory and other literary genres

Product details

• Authors: Mark Payne, Professor Mark Payne
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780691205427
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20542-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers