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- Title
Postapocalyptic Curating: Cultural Crises and the Permanence of Art in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven.
- Authors
Méndez-García, Carmen M.
- Abstract
The article offers literary criticism of the novel "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel. Topics include the role of the preservation of art and cultural objects in the novel, the notion of the novel postapocalyptic in relation to its possible classification as science fiction, and the representation of work by playwright William Shakespeare in the novel. The depiction of a Museum of Civilization in the novel is addressed.
- Subjects
STATION Eleven (Book); MANDEL, Emily St. John, 1979-; ART in literature; MUSEUMS in literature; APOCALYPSE in literature; DRAMATIC works of William Shakespeare; LITERARY criticism; SCIENCE fiction
- Publication
Studies in the Literary Imagination, 2017, Vol 50, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
0039-3819
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/sli.2017.0000