Beschreibung:
This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper genre - utopian fiction.
Preface to the Second Edition. Prefatory Note. Introduction. Part 1: The Evolutionary Setting 1. The Rise of Utopian Humanism 2. Man and Superman 3. The Problem of Survival Part 2: Social Conflicts 1. Utopia, Arcadian and Scientific 2. Science and Religion 3. Mass and Class 4. The Servile State Part 3: Aesthetic Concretion 1. Utopian Fantasy 2. Ironical Realism 3. Symbolical Journeys 4. Towards the Novel 5. Literary Achievement. Notes. Appendix: An Annotated List of English Utopian Fantasies 1901-1951. Appendix: An Annotated List of English Utopian Fantasies 1952-1971. Bibliography. Additional Bibliography. Index.