Verlag:
Princeton University Press, Princeton
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Oxford University Press, Oxford
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. This literary history of a time before 'Orwellian' entered the cultural lexicon...
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Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel
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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. This literary history of a time before 'Orwellian' entered the cultural lexicon reintroduces us to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of late-nineteenth-century American and British writers. The text 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.
