Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

Toby Widdicombe, James M. Morris, Andrea Kross (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

612 Seiten

2017 | Second Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0216-9 (ISBN)

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Utopian thinking embraces fictional descriptions of how to create a better (but not a perfect) alternative way of life as well as intentional communities (that is, groups of people leading lives in small communities for their own betterment and the betterment of others). The first edition almost exclusively dealt with the intentional-community side of utopianism; this second edition offers a much more inclusive definition of the key term utopia by offering a great many entries devoted to describing fictional or literary utopian works. It is also heavily illustrated with plates from utopian works, especially those from the heyday of utopianism in the late nineteenth century.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Utopianism contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on broad conceptual entries; narrower entries about specific works; and narrower entries about specific intentional communities or movements. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Utopianism.

Toby Widdicombe is professor of English in the English Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He.is the author of several books on utopianism, Shakespeare, and American literature and culture, and he’s the former editor of the international journal Utopian Studies. James M. Morris is Professor Emeritus at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, where he taught American history, American military history, and Russian history. Andrea L. Kross is a freelance writer and former implementation consultant at Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a company that provides data profiling and indexing services to libraries across the nation.

Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface
List of Illustrations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix: Intentional Communities
Bibliography
About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 238 mm
Gewicht	1089 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-5381-0216-1 / 1538102161
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-0216-9 / 9781538102169
Zustand	Neuware