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- Title
Against the Post-Apocalyptic: Narrative Closure in Colson Whitehead's Zone One.
- Authors
SORENSEN, LEIF
- Abstract
A literary criticism is presented for the book "Zone One" by Colson Whitehead. Topics discussed include the ways in which the book seeks to make a statement about endings in literature, the book's depiction of a zombie apocalypse, and the ways in which the book offers commentary on the possible future of subjects including race relations, capitalism, and humanity.
- Subjects
ZONE One: A Novel (Book); WHITEHEAD, Colson, 1969-; ENDINGS (Literature); APOCALYPSE in literature; ZOMBIES in literature; FUTURE in literature; CAPITALISM in literature; RACE relations in literature
- Publication
Contemporary Literature, 2014, Vol 55, Issue 3, p559
- ISSN
0010-7484
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/cli.2014.0029