What is it about?
It is a comparative study of the first published dystopia (Souvestre's) and the short story Alpha Ralpha Boulevard by Cordwainer Smith
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Why is it important?
Both authors, through different path present utopian states as dystopian ones, or better, as having theirs foundation on dystopia
Perspectives
These works were written almost one hundred years apart and they both share Elliott's idea that "one man utopia is another man's dystopia". Besides, Cordwainer Smith' short story reveals important intertextual connections with French literature, namely, with the French novelist Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
Professor Maria do Rosario Monteiro
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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This page is a summary of: Two dystopic visions on the relationship of humans and progress – Emile Souvestre and Cordwainer Smith, September 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1201/9781351242691-64.
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