The Last Utopians / Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy - Michael Robertson
four late-nineteenth-century visionaries and their legacy
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The entertaining story of four utopian writers—Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman—and their continuing influence today For readers reared on the dystopian visions of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid's Tale, the idea of a perfect society may sound more sinister than enticing. In this lively literary history of a time before "Orwellian" entered the cultural lexicon, Michael Robertson reintroduces us to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of late nineteenth-century American and British writers. The Last Utopians delves into the biographies of four key figures--Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman—who lived during an extraordinary period of literary and social experimentation. The publication of Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888 opened the floodgates of an unprecedented wave of utopian writing. Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose News from Nowhere envisions a workers' ...
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2018Uitgever: Princeton University Press318 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691154163ISBN-13: 9780691154169Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2018, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar, hardcover with dust jacket, fine copy [Auteur: Michael Robertson] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: The Last Utopians / Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy]
