Founding Fictions - Utopias in Early Modern England

Informationen zum Autor AMY BOESKY is an assistant professor of English at Boston College. Klappentext A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, this work traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's ""Utopia"" (1516) through Aphra Behn's ""Oroonoko"" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that shaped England. Zusammenfassung A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, Founding Fictions traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) through Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko (1688). Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that helped shape the modern English nation.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Boesky
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1996
• EAN: 9780820318325
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-1832-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism