Forms in early modern utopia [electronic resource] : the ethnography of perfection / Nina Chordas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chordas, Nina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Utopias in literature.

Literary form--History--16th century.

Literary form.

Literary form--History--17th century.

Travel writing--History--16th century.

Travel writing.

Travel writing--History--17th century.

Ethnology--History--16th century.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--History--17th century.

Pastoral literature--History and criticism.

Pastoral literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though much has been written about early modern imperialism in America, Nina Chordas brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through the genres of utopia. Her analysis shows early modern utopia to be not a single genre, but rather a conglomeration of many sub-genres, including travel writing, ethnography, dialogue, pastoral, and the sermon, each with its own formal and historical relationship to nascent imperialism.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Dialogue, Utopia, and the Agencies of Fiction; 2 Ethnography, Travel Writing, Pastoral,and Their Utopian Manifestations; 3 Utopia and Ethnography in theExtrafictional World; 4 Homiletic Discourse in theService of Utopia:John Cotton Preaches"God's Promise to His Plantations"; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-06338-1

1-351-15806-6

1-282-54527-2

9786612545276

1-4094-0218-5

OCLC:

612757874