“No Magic in Being Lost”: Conservative Sentiment in Ling Ma’s Severance

Ling Ma’s post-apocalyptic novel Severance (2018), like many examples of the genre, has generally been interpreted as a progressive work. This essay contends, however, that it expresses a conservative disposition as English philosopher Michael Oakeshott defined it, with clear preferences for the fam...

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Main Author: Peters Ingo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2024-12-01
Series:American, British and Canadian Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2024-0026
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