Modern Utopian Fictions from H. G. Wells to Iris Murdoch

by Peter Edgerly Firchow

Book Overview

Criticism on utopian subjects has generally neglected the literary or fictional dimension of utopia. The reason for such neglect may be that earlier utopian fictions tended to be written by what one would nowadays call social scientists, e.g., Plato or Sir Thomas More. That is also why earlier discussions of utopian fiction were usually written by critics trained in the social sciences rather than by critics trained in literature. To an appreciable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813215730
• ISBN13: 9780813215730
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"