Utopian Imagination and Eighteenth-century Fiction"Utopian fiction was a particularly rich and important genre in 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 century has largely been neglected. Utopian Imagination and Eighteenth-Century Fiction combines these two major areas of interest, interpreting some of the most fascinating and innovative fictions of the period and locating them in a continuing tradition of utopian writing which stretches back through the Renaissance to the Ancient World." "Beginning with a survey of the recurrent topics in utopian writing - power structures in the state, money, food, sex, the role of women, birth, education and death - the book brings together canonical eighteenth-century texts containing powerful utopian elements, such as Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels and Rasselas, and less familiar works, to examine the reworking of these topics in a new context. The unfamiliar texts, including Gaudentio di Lucca, are described in detail to give students an idea of relevant material across a broad area. A section is devoted specifically to women writers, an area which has become a focus of attention. The mixture of texts provides a useful cross-reference for students tackling the subject from various perspectives and the comprehensive bibliography provides a valuable tool for those with general or specific interests." "Utopian Imagination and Eighteenth Century Fiction will be of interest to students of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Travel Writing, Utopian Literature and Women's Studies at all levels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Page 32
... attitudes to health and growing old . Most utopian states promote good health by all the measures available within ... attitude to the sick and their administration of an enlightened hospital system , although they draw the line , as ...
... attitudes to health and growing old . Most utopian states promote good health by all the measures available within ... attitude to the sick and their administration of an enlightened hospital system , although they draw the line , as ...
Page 103
... attitude to human relations is demonstrated by the emancipation of slaves . Conversely , its least enlightened attitude is demonstrated in the treatment of women , who are acquired – like other wealth – from the capture of a ship ...
... attitude to human relations is demonstrated by the emancipation of slaves . Conversely , its least enlightened attitude is demonstrated in the treatment of women , who are acquired – like other wealth – from the capture of a ship ...
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... attitude to death 32 class system 152 diet of citizens 10-11 education 28 Lucian's version 22 philosopher rulers 8 , 15 Richardson , Samuel 2 , 216 , 217 Clarissa 191-6 Pamela 191 Sir Charles Grandison 191 , 196-200 , 216 , 224 , 226 ...
... attitude to death 32 class system 152 diet of citizens 10-11 education 28 Lucian's version 22 philosopher rulers 8 , 15 Richardson , Samuel 2 , 216 , 217 Clarissa 191-6 Pamela 191 Sir Charles Grandison 191 , 196-200 , 216 , 224 , 226 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Classical origins and Renaissance locations | 7 |
witty fictions but mere | 39 |
Copyright | |
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ancient animal Aristotle Aristotle 1988 Astell attitude Bacon Berington Berington 1737 Book III ch Brobdingnag Campanella century Christian civilisation classical context contrast Crusoe's culture Cyrano de Bergerac Defoe Defoe's domestic utopia dream eighteenth fantasy female Fielding Fielding's Foigny Friday Friday's genre Golden Age Gulliver Gulliver's Travels Hamilton Happy Valley Houyhnhnms human idea ideal Imlac individual intellectual intro island Johnson kind Lady language Libertalia Lilliput literary live Lucian Lycurgus male Mandeville Margaret Cavendish marriage Mary Astell Mezzoranians Millenium Hall Montaigne moon moral More's Utopia Munster Village narrative narrator nature novel Paltock paradise patriarchal Peter philosophical Plato pleasure political polygamy principle Rasselas reader recognises Renaissance Republic Richardson Robinson Crusoe satire scheme Scott sense seventeenth-century sexual simple-life slave social society Socrates Sparta species Swift texts traditional utopian discourse utopian fiction utopian imagination utopian traveller utopian writers voyage Winstanley women Yahoos