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The English Utopia
- Title
- The English Utopia / A. L. Morton ; edited with an introduction by Antonis Balasopoulos.
- Author
- Morton, A. L. (Arthur Leslie), 1903-1987
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 24-530 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Balasopoulos, Antonis
- Description
- lx, 236 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "A.L. Morton's classic 1952 study of utopias in the context of British social history constitutes one of the earliest sustained engagements with the social and ideological sources of the utopian imagination, the transformation of its function, content and direction in different historical moments, the importance of the class struggle for literary production and of literary production for cultural, if not political hegemony. Traversing English literary history from the medieval poem on the Land of Cockaygne to Sir Thomas More and his Puritan revisions in the seventeenth century, to Defoe's and Swift's paradigmatic adaptations of utopian and dystopian themes and from thence to William Morris's towering achievement in News from Nowhere and the subsequent decline of the genre and the eventual rise of anti-utopian and dystopian strains in the early twentieth century, The English Utopia remains provocative and critically engaging more than seventy years after its original publication, testifying to the vitality of British Marxist Literary Criticism from its earliest inception. In addition to charting its significance as an intervention, the present edition also brings to light Morton's complex role as Left political activist, historian, scholarly catalyst and cultural critic-a paradigmatic instance of the engaged and public intellectual"--
- Series Statement
- Ralahine Utopian Studies ; Volume 30
- Uniform Title
- Ralahine utopian studies ; v. 30.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Poor man's heaven -- The island of the saints -- Revolution and counter-revolution -- Reason in despair -- Reason in revolt -- The dream of William Morris -- Yesterday and to-morrow -- Tailpiece. Cokaygne fantasy.
- Call Number
- JFE 24-530
- ISBN
- 9781789974188
- 1789974186
- 9781789974195 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781789974201 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781789974218 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023017417
- OCLC
- 1385319869
- Author
- Morton, A. L. (Arthur Leslie), 1903-1987, author.
- Title
- The English Utopia / A. L. Morton ; edited with an introduction by Antonis Balasopoulos.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Ralahine Utopian Studies ; Volume 30Ralahine utopian studies ; v. 30.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Balasopoulos, Antonis, editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: English Utopia Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2023] 9781789974195 (DLC) 2023017418
- Research Call Number
- JFE 24-530