BRAVE (?) INDUSTRIAL WORLDS DYSTOPIAN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN VICTORIAN AND THATCHERITE BRITAIN
BRAVE (?) INDUSTRIAL WORLDS DYSTOPIAN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN VICTORIAN AND THATCHERITE BRITAIN
Author(s): Adrian RaduSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Dystopia; Industrial Revolution; New Industrialism; social criticism; Thatcherism; Utilitarianism
Summary/Abstract: The 19th century, in particular its second half, is fundamentally marked by the Industrial Revolution that not only changed completely the face of England, but also shaped up a totally new frame of mind and unavoidably marked people’s destinies, as well as the country’s literary output. The aim of this paper is to discuss a few instances of the so-called Condition of England novel and its replica in the Britain of the 1980’s, another period of economic surge and national pride.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 101-111
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English