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Flowers of Time: On Postapocalyptic Fiction
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Flowers of Time: On Postapocalyptic Fiction
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Professor Mark Payne
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary theory
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691205946
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| Classifications | Dewey:809.39372 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
27 October 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
An exploration of postapocalyptic fiction, from antiquity to today, and its connections to political theory and other literary genres The 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
Author Biography
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.
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