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Founding Fictions: Utopias in Early Modern England
Boesky
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Hardcover. A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, this work traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) through Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that shaped England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, ""Founding Fictions"" traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's ""Utopia"" (1516) through Aphra Behn's ""Oroonoko"" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that helped shape the modern English nation. While utopian fiction explicitly advocates a reorganisation of human activity, which appears liberal or progressive, utopias represent reform in self-critical or qualitative ways. Early modern utopias, Boesky demonstrates, are less blueprints for reform than they are challenges to the very possibility of improvement. After an initial discussion of More's ""Utopia"", Boesky devotes ... Read more
A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, ""Founding Fictions"" traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's ""Utopia"" (1516) through Aphra Behn's ""Oroonoko"" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that helped shape the modern English nation. While utopian fiction explicitly advocates a reorganisation of human activity, which appears liberal or progressive, utopias represent reform in self-critical or qualitative ways. Early modern utopias, Boesky demonstrates, are less blueprints for reform than they are challenges to the very possibility of improvement. After an initial discussion of More's ""Utopia"", Boesky devotes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820318325
SKU
V9780820318325
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