304 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Utopian fiction was a particularly rich and important genre during the eighteenth century. It was during this period that a relatively new phenomenon appeared: the merging of utopian writing per se with other fictional genres, such as the increasingly dominant novel. However, while early modern and nineteenth and twentieth century utopias have been the focus of much attention, the eighteenth... Read more
Preface 1. Classical origins and Renaissance locations 2. Seventeenth-century utopias - witty fictions, but mere chimeras 3. Utopian discourse in the 18th century - a preliminary view 4. Utopia overseas - Robinson Crusoe, A General History of the Pyrates, Gaudentio di Lucca, Peter Wilkins 5. Utopia and satire - the Travels of Gulliver and others 6. Domestic utopias - Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, Clarissa, Sir Charles Grandison 7. Women's utopias - New Atalantis, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Reflections upon Marriage, Millennium Hall, Munster Village 8. Utopia and the philosophical tale - Rasselas Notes and references Select bibliography
Biography
Christine Rees
