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From Francis Bacon to William Golding: Utopias and Dystopias of Today and of Yore
Author(s): Minodora Barbul (Author, Editor), Ramona Demarcsek (Author, Editor), Ligia Tomoiagă (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 13 July 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 260 pages
- ISBN-10: 1443839132
- ISBN-13: 9781443839136
Book Description
This volume is dedicated to Francis Bacon, to William Golding and to the tradition of writing utopias and dystopias. Although some of the articles contained herein were presented at the conference from which this book originated, there are also other contributions which join these to complete a 21st century vision on utopia, from the point of view of specialists in philology, philosophy, anthropology, etc. The novelty of such an undertaking comes from the fact that the editors enabled researchers from different fields to come together and create an interdisciplinary volume which contains very rigorous academic work alongside more relaxed essays.
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About the Author
Dr Ligia Tomoiagă, Dr Minodora Barbul and Dr Ramona Demarcsek are members of the Department of Philology and Cultural Studies at the North University Centre of the Technological University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. All three academics are involved in teaching English language and culture to Romanian university students. At the same time, they initiated international anniversary conferences at their university, starting in 2009 – each year, they organize a conference dedicated to another personality of international recognition, with the intention of (re)evaluating their cultural legacy.
