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A Feeling of Wrongness : Pessimistic Rhetoric on the Fringes of Popular Culture /
"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Few defenders" : an introduction
- "no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument
- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective
- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty
- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII
- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape
- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?