Daring to Dream recovers for readers three full-length utopias never before reprinted in their entirety, four short utopian stories, and significant excerpts from five utopian novels, each carefully selected to maintain the integrity of the original. The book thus provides an overview of utopias by women in the United States from texts not otherwise easily available. Together they provide a foreground for, and feminist revision of, Edward Bellamy's popular and influential Looking\Backward (1888), as well as the ...
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Daring to Dream recovers for readers three full-length utopias never before reprinted in their entirety, four short utopian stories, and significant excerpts from five utopian novels, each carefully selected to maintain the integrity of the original. The book thus provides an overview of utopias by women in the United States from texts not otherwise easily available. Together they provide a foreground for, and feminist revision of, Edward Bellamy's popular and influential Looking\Backward (1888), as well as the imaginative underpinnings for the late twentieth-century outpouring of feminist utopias. A female narrator in 1870 dreams of a role reversal in a story in which men are confined to housekeeping and baby tending, and women run the country and enjoy all the privileges. In an 1885 short story, women emigrate from the eastern states to the Territory of Washington, where only women are voters. In the 1949 piece, "A Visitor from Venus," the visitor, accustomed to an all female Venusian society, reports her dismay at Earth's sex-biased arrangements. In addition to these twelve selections, this new edition includes a valuable annotated bibliography of utopias written by United States women from 1836-1988.
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Good Condition. Back and front cover slightly bent, with light marks and scuffs. A few pages have minor pencil marks in the margins. In reasonably good order overall. Publisher's note: This study of American utopian fiction by women before 1950 includes exerpts from seven novels. This second edition presents a feminist revision of Edward Bellamy's influential Looking Backwards and ends with a World War II interplanetary women-centred fantasy. Size: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm. xxviii, 326 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Utopias--Fiction; Feminism--Fiction; American fiction--19th century; American fiction--20th century; Women--Social life and customs--Fiction; Genre; Fiction; ISBN: 081562655X. ISBN/EAN: 9780815626558. Add. Inventory No: 240223NPT014053.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780815626558.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
