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In this work of literary criticism, Holmesland sets out to explore the nature of utopianism in the writings of two prominent women authors of the Restoration Period, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn. Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was a dramatist and essayist best known today for The Blazing World, which is often considered one of the earliest precursors to science fiction. Aphra Behn (1640-1689)was also a dramatist and fiction writer, and her nost famous book, Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is acknowlodged as one of the earliest English novels.

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In this work of literary criticism, Holmesland sets out to explore the nature of utopianism in the writings of two prominent women authors of the Restoration Period, Margaret Cavendish and Aphra Behn. Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) was a dramatist and essayist best known today for The Blazing World, which is often considered one of the earliest precursors to science fiction. Aphra Behn (1640-1689)was also a dramatist and fiction writer, and her nost famous book, Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is acknowlodged as one of the earliest English novels.
Autorenporträt
Oddvar Holmesland is Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. He is the author of A Critical Introduction to Henry Green's Novels, and Form as Compensation for Life: Fictive Patterns in Virginia Woolf's Novels.