The Triumph of Human Empire: Verne, Morris, and Stevenson at the End of the World

by Rosalind Williams

Book Overview

In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis , Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island. This island was home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226899551
• ISBN13: 9780226899558
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"