Utopian Geographies and the Early English Novel /

"This book considers how writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries engaged critically and creatively with the idea of utopia--in particular the idea of utopia as a geographic location--and how questions about world geography and utopian possibility drove many of the formal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearl, Jason H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674. > Description of a new world, called the blazing world.
Behn, Aphra, > 1640-1689. > Oroonoko.
Defoe, Daniel, > 1661?-1731. > Robinson Crusoe.
Defoe, Daniel, > 1661?-1731. > Captain Singleton.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745. > Gulliver's travels.
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe, Daniel)
Oroonoko (Behn, Aphra)
Gulliver's travels (Swift, Jonathan)
Captain Singleton (Defoe, Daniel)
Utopias in literature.
Geography in literature.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
utopian literature.
Utopies dans la litterature.
Geographie dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 17th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Utopia and geography
  • The flickering blazing world
  • Remembering paradise in Oroonoko
  • Urban solitude and the Crusoe trilogy
  • Piracy and brotherhood in Captain Singleton
  • Misanthropia and Gulliver's travels
  • Conclusion: Future enclaves.

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