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Reed, Brian Youell, Ryan 2018-11-28T03:17:51Z 2018-11-28 2018 Youell_washington_0250E_19272.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1773/43037 Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018 In my dissertation I analyze how Jack London, Robert Hugh Benson, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell adopt anti-utopian perspectives to show the inherent flaws of supposed utopian belief systems. Building off of Gregory Claeys and Lyman Sargent’s definition of the anti-utopian genre, I attest that London, Benson, Huxley and Orwell in their respective works show nuanced analyses extending beyond mere personal sentiment; each author concerns himself with how capitalism, socialism, scientific management, and totalitarianism positively and negatively impacts not only individuals, but also the world at large. Therefore, rather than focusing on ideology alone, I dissect their respective cityscapes, illustrating how the systems they analyze extend to impact the architecture and urban layouts (especially in terms of public housing) in London’s The Iron Heel (1908), Benson’s Lord of the World (1907), Huxley’s Brave New World (1932), and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). application/pdf en_US CC BY-NC-ND 20th century architecture Dystopia modernism urbanism Utopia Modern literature English literature American literature English "The Architecture of Anti-Utopias: Critiques of Modern Public Housing from London to Orwell" Thesis Restrict to UW for 5 years -- then make Open Access 2023-11-02T03:17:51Z open.access