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245 10 a| Utopian geographies and the early English novelh| [electronic resource] /c| Jason H. Pearl.;

260 a| Charlottesville ;a| London :b| University of Virginia Press,c| 2014.;

300 a| viii, 203 pages :b| maps ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-198) and index.;

505 0 a| 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: Future enclaves.;

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520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Utopian geographies and the early English novel / Jason H. Pearl.

Author/creator	Pearl, Jason H.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Description	viii, 203 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. Description of a new world, called the blazing world. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Captain Singleton. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels. Utopias in literature. Geography in literature. English fiction--18th century. --History and criticism. English fiction--17th century. --History and criticism.

Contents	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: Future enclaves.
Abstract	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-198) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013050103
ISBN	9780813936239 (cloth : alk. paper)

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