Utopian geographies & the early English novel /
Pearl, Jason H.
"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"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Utopias in literature.
Geography in literature.
English fiction
English fiction