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• Title:
  Breaking the Promise of Perfection: Imperfect Utopias in Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time
• Creator:
  Poll, Elise
• Contributor:
  Arizona State University;
  epoll@asu.edu
• Description:
  In an era still plagued by popularized skepticism toward utopian thought, Marge Piercy’s 1976 novel Woman on the Edge of Time remains a compelling exploration of potential futures. This essay juxtaposes anti-utopian critiques of perfection, violence, and instrumental rationalism with Piercy’s portrayal of both utopian and dystopian worlds. By examining these critiques alongside the novel, this essay argues for a reinterpretation of utopia beyond the assumptions of promised perfection. Rather, this essay embraces the flawed nature of the human condition and claims imperfection as a central feature of utopia itself.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2024.12.16;
  2024.11.28
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture;14
• Subject:
  utopia;
  science fiction;
  perfection;
  technology;
  hope
• Identifier:
  2083-2931;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/53974 ;
  2084-574X;
  10.18778/2083-2931.14.13
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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• Type:
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