Beschreibung:
Preface 1. Classical origins and Renaissance locations 2. Seventeenth-century utopias - "witty fictions, but mere chimeras" 3. Utopian discourse in the 18th century - a preliminary view 4. Utopia overseas - "Robinson Crusoe", "A General History of the Pyrates", "Gaudentio di Lucca", "Peter Wilkins" 5. Utopia and satire - the "Travels of Gulliver" and others 6. Domestic utopias - "Joseph Andrews", "Tom Jones", "Clarissa", "Sir Charles Grandison" 7. Women's utopias - "New Atalantis", "A Serious Proposal to the Ladies", "Reflections upon Marriage", "Millennium Hall", "Munster Village" 8. Utopia and the philosophical tale - "Rasselas" Notes and references Select bibliography