This is the backdrop for Edward Bellamy's prophetic novel about a young Boston gentleman who is mysteriously transported from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century -- from a world of war and want to a world of peace and plenty.
Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium.
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First published in 1888, "Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is the highly influential work of utopian science fiction by American journalist Edward Bellamy.
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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1888.
" Bellamy's novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later.
" Bellamy's novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later.
Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium.
Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium.
2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1888.
Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium.
In this essay, I consider the meaning and purpose of utopia in literature by analyzing the influential utopian novel Looking Backward.
10 V In discussing Bellamy's utopia the question arises : Was his goal socialism ? There can be little question that in all the most essential elements , his utopia is one of socialism and in many respects one of Marx's socialism .
Paris , 1891 np : of all the communist books I have read , this is the most dangerous . " 4 Richard Michaelis . Looking Further Forward . Chicago and New York : Rand , McNally & Co , 1890 , 27. Reprinted by Arno Press in 1971 .
Selected references A good short account of the thirties is William E. Leuchtenburg , Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal , 1932-1940 ( 1963 ) . James McGregor Burns , Roosevelt : The Lion and the Fox ( 1956 ) , is rich and original ...
See American Jewish Congress Brainin, Reuben, 116 Brandeis, Justice Louis D., 28, 92, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, ... 21 Bughouse Square, 232 Bull Moose Ticket, 194 Bullitt, William C., 111 Burnham, Daniel, 19, 179, 181 Byfield, Ernest, ...
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a lawyer and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1887.
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