Hundreds of writers in the English-speaking world of the seventeenth-century imagined alternative ideal societies. Sometimes they did so by exploring fanciful territories, such as the world in the moon or the nations of the Antipodes; but sometimes they composed serious disquisitions about the here and now, proposing how England or its nascent colonies could be conceived of as an 'Oceana,' or a New Jerusalem. This book provides a comprehensive view of the operations of the utopian imagination in literature from 1603 to the ...
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Hundreds of writers in the English-speaking world of the seventeenth-century imagined alternative ideal societies. Sometimes they did so by exploring fanciful territories, such as the world in the moon or the nations of the Antipodes; but sometimes they composed serious disquisitions about the here and now, proposing how England or its nascent colonies could be conceived of as an 'Oceana,' or a New Jerusalem. This book provides a comprehensive view of the operations of the utopian imagination in literature from 1603 to the 1660s. Appealing to social theorists, literary critics, and political and cultural historians, this volume revises prevailing notions of the languages of hope and social dreaming in the making of British modernity during a century of political and intellectual upheaval.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket complete, but shows signs of wear, with rubbing, creasing and a few closed tears at edges. Occasional pencil marks on a few pages only. In satisfactory condition overall. Publisher's note: Hundreds of writers in the English-speaking world of the seventeenth-century imagined alternative ideal societies. Sometimes they did so by exploring fanciful territories, such as the world in the moon or the nations of the Antipodes; but sometimes they composed serious disquisitions about the here and now, proposing how England or its nascent colonies could be conceived of as an 'Oceana, ' or a New Jerusalem. This book provides a comprehensive view of the operations of the utopian imagination in literature from 1603 to the 1660s. Appealing to social theorists, literary critics, and political and cultural historians, this volume revises prevailing notions of the languages of hope and social dreaming in the making of British modernity during a century of political and intellectual upheaval. Size: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm. xi, 256 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century; Utopias in literature; Utopias--Great Britain; Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714; England--Intellectual life--17th century; ISBN: 0521810825. ISBN/EAN: 9780521810821. Add. Inventory No: 240226NPG014062.
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First edition. xi+256 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in like dustjacket. Hundreds of writers in the seventeenth century imagined alternative ideal societies, they did this through imagined journeys to far-off territories-a world turned upside down or a world in the moon, and through serious disquisitions about the here and now, proposing how England itself could be made into a parliamentary 'Oceana' or a 'New Jerusalem'. Robert Appelbaum surveys literature from 1603 to the 1660s and shows how its ideal politics was engaged in the reality of political and social struggle. He also shows how paradoxical and self-defeating the exercise could be. In an era of change and political and religious conflict, writers asserted themselves as the authors of social and political ideals.
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