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Pearl, Jason H.

Utopian geographies and the early English novel [electronic resource] / Jason H. Pearl. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

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: Future enclaves.

ISBN: 9780813936246 0813936241

Subjects--Personal Names:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Captain Singleton.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Oroonoko.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. Description of a new world, called the blazing world.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English fiction--History and criticism.--17th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Geography in literature.
Utopias in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR830.U7 / P43 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 823.009/372