Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, 20th Century American Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, United States - Civilization, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous, English Fiction &
Log in to track your reading progress.
Overview
The essence of life in an oligarchy like George Orwell presents in "1984" is that freedom of choice is virtually non existent. But what happens when so many trivial and meaningless choices inundate a culture such as our own and freedom itself becomes devalued? In "A Do-It-Yourself Dystopia", through a variety of essays, Steven Carter addresses this and other issues in a wide ranging search for hidden oligarchies of the American self.Author Biography: Steven Carter is Professor of English at California State University in Bakersfield.
Editorials
Booknews
In this collection of essays (some previously published in various journals), Carter (California State University-Bakersfield) explores what happens when so many trivial and meaningless choices inundate our culture that the principle of freedom becomes devalued, much as the value of hard currency is threatened when counterfeit money floods the economy. Carter won the International Essay Prize in 2000, and was a former Senior Fulbright Fellow in Poland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 2000
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2000.
Pages
328
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780761817291