Nina Chordas

Forms in Early Modern Utopia

The Ethnography of Perfection

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Produktbeschreibung

Though much has been written about connections between early modern utopia and nascent European imperialism, the author brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through some of the sub-genres that comprise early modern utopia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9780815389064
• ISBN-10: 081538906X
• Artikelnr.: 50854845

Autorenporträt

Dr. Nina Chordas is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Alaska Southeast.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Dialogue, Utopia, and the agencies of fiction
Ethnography, travel writing, pastoral, and their Utopian manifestations
Utopia and ethnography in the extrafictional world
Homiletic discourse in the service of Utopia: John Cotton preaches 'God's promise to His plantations'
Bibliographical essay
Bibliography
Index.