Rousseau in a Post-Apocalyptic Context: Angela Carter’s <i>Heroes and Villains</i> and Science Fiction

Rousseau in a Post-Apocalyptic Context: Angela Carter’s <i>Heroes and Villains</i> and Science Fiction

The present paper discusses Angela Carter&#8217;s <i>Heroes and Villains</i> (1969), which parodies both &#8220;post-apocalyptic&#8221; novels in the Cold War era and Jean-Jacques Rousseau&#8217;s theory on civilisation. By analysing this novel in comparison, not only to...

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Main Author: Yutaka Okuhata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Humanities
Subjects:
Angela Carter
<i>Heroes and Villains</i>
Science Fiction
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nuclear War
the Cold War
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/3/142

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