The Last Utopians : Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy Paperback / softback
by Michael Robertson
Paperback / softback
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The entertaining story of four utopian writers—Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman—and their continuing influence todayIn this lively literary history, Michael Robertson introduces readers to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of four American and British writers during an extraordinary period of literary and social experiment.
The publication of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888 opened the floodgates to an unprecedented wave of utopian writing.
William Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose News from Nowhere envisions a workers' Arcadia.
Edward Carpenter boldly argued that homosexuals constitute a utopian vanguard.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women's rights activist and the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," wrote numerous utopian fictions, including Herland, a visionary tale of an all-female society.
These writers believed in radical gender and class equality, envisioning new forms of familial and romantic relationships, and were committed to living a simple life rooted in a restored natural world. And their legacy remains with us today, from Occupy Wall Street to the Radical Faeries.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 17 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:28/04/2020
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- ISBN:9780691202860
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 17 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:28/04/2020
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- ISBN:9780691202860
