Flowers of Time: On Postapocalyptic Fiction

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Flowers of Time: On Postapocalyptic Fiction
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Professor Mark Payne
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780691205946
ClassificationsDewey:809.39372
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 27 October 2020
Publication Country United States

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.