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100 1 Berneri, Marie Louise,|d1918-1949,|eauthor.
245 10 Journey through Utopia :|bA Critical Examination of
Imagined Worlds in Western Literature /|cMarie Louise
Berneri.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bPM Press,|c[2019]
264 4 |c©2019
300 1 online resource (464 pages).
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520 Journey through Utopia is a richly detailed and critically
compelling examination of utopian literature, beginning
with Plato's Republic and continuing through to Huxley's
Brave New World. Utopias have been penned with diverse
intentions: some as pictures of an ideal society, some as
blueprints for action, yet others, especially in times of
severe censorship, as covert criticisms of existing
conditions. Marie Louise Berneri exposes the dark shadow
that lingers above most utopian works by emphasizing the
intolerant and authoritarian nature of these visions, and
she warns of the doom that awaits those foolish enough to
put their trust in an ordered and regimented world. This
new edition is framed with an introduction from Matthew S.
Adams that situates Berneri's work in the context of her
life, and concludes with an afterword from Rhiannon Firth
that extends Berneri's analysis into contemporary utopias.
Journey through Utopia is a necessary companion, and in
many cases an antidote, to imagined fictions from
antiquity to the present.
588 0 Print version record.
650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics.
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655 0 Electronic books.
700 1 Adams, Matthew S.,|d1984-
700 1 Firth, Rhiannon,|d1980-
700 1 Robinson, Kim Stanley.
830 0 Essay index reprint series.
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