Utopian Geographies and the Early English Novel Jason H. Pearl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearl, Jason H.

Series:

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--17th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

Geography in literature.

Utopias in literature.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels.

Swift, Jonathan.

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Captain Singleton.

Defoe, Daniel.

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe.

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko.

Behn, Aphra.

Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. Description of a new world, called the blazing world.

Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book considers how writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries engaged critically and creatively with the idea of utopia--in particular the idea of utopia as a geographic location--and how questions about world geography and utopian possibility drove many of the formal innovations of the early English novel. Works examined include Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World, Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Captain Singleton, and Swift's Gulliver's Travels"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Utopia and geography

The flickering blazing world

Remembering paradise in Oroonoko

Urban solitude and the Crusoe trilogy

Piracy and brotherhood in Captain Singleton

Misanthropia and Gulliver's travels

Conclusion: Future enclaves.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813936246

0813936241

OCLC:

889552321