The Cambridge Companion to British Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945

Name: The Cambridge Companion to British Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945
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ISBN: 9781009690492

Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck College, University of London)

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Cambridge University Press
12 February 2026

Literary theory; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary companions; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature

This Companion presents an authoritative study of British utopian literature and culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Written by leading scholars, it offers a wide-ranging account of utopian thinking in novels, plays, films, TV, fanzines, and poetry. Scholars and students interested in the utopian imagination will find nuanced analyses of British texts, situated within their materialist contexts. With a particular focus on countercultural and subcultural narratives, the book explores how British utopian visions of better societies offer a forceful critique of contemporary inequities such as racism, gender-based violence, class politics, and ecological harm. Blending the utopian with other genres, including the dystopia, the post-apocalypse, and ecocatastrophe narratives, the texts discussed reveal powerful images of utopian possibility. These works offer us vital imaginative and critical resources at a time of ongoing political, economic, and social crises.

Edited by: Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck College University of London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9781009690492
ISBN 10: 1009690493
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 12 February 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Caroline Edwards has published widely on contemporary literature, critical theory, and science fiction. Caroline's research has been featured by BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3, BBC One South East, the New Statesman, Times Higher Education, the Guardian, SFX Magazine, and in a dedicated exhibition at the Museum of London.