1st Edition
Forms in Early Modern Utopia The Ethnography of Perfection
By Nina Chordas
Copyright 2010
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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Though much has been written about connections between early modern utopia and nascent European imperialism, the author brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through some of the sub-genres that comprise early modern utopia, identifying and discussing each specific form in the cultural and historical contexts that render it suitable for the creation and promulgation of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Dialogue, Utopia, and the agencies of fiction; Ethnography, travel writing, pastoral, and their Utopian manifestations; Utopia and ethnography in the extrafictional world; Homiletic discourse in the service of Utopia: John Cotton preaches 'God's promise to His plantations'; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr. Nina Chordas is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Alaska Southeast.
