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03386aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 1CD49BE278F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 201013t20202020sz b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 3030602788 020 $a 9783030602789 035 $a (OCoLC)1203050181 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CDX $d MUU $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a PS377 $b .A34 2020 082 04 $a 813.309355 $2 23 100 1 $a Adamik, Verena, $e author. 245 10 $a In search of the utopian states of America : $b intentional communities in novels of the long nineteenth century / $c Verena Adamik. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 248 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave studies in utopianism 520 $a This book endeavours to understand the seemingly direct link between utopianism and the USA, discussing novels that have never been brought together in this combination before, even though they all revolve around intentional communities: Imlay's The Emigrants (1793), Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance (1852), Howland's Papas Own Girl (1874), Griggs's Imperium in Imperio (1899), and Du Bois's The Quest of the Silver Fleece (1911). They relate nation and utopia not by describing perfect societies, but by writing about attempts to immediately live radically different lives. Signposting the respective communal history, the readings provide a literary perspective to communal studies, and add to a deeply necessary historicization for strictly literary approaches to US utopianism, and for studies that focus on Pilgrims/Puritans/Founding Fathers as utopian practitioners. This book therefore highlights how the authors evaluated the USA's utopian potential and traces the nineteenth-century development of the utopian imagination from various perspectives. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "The optimal state of a republic' : introduction -- 'That excellent perfection' : a short history of Utopia -- 'Idle speculation' and Utopian practice : Gilbert Imlay's The emigrants (1793) -- 'Between fiction and reality' : the Utopian past in The Blithedale romance (1852) -- 'A great republic of equals' : postbellum Utopia in Marie Howland's Papa's own girl (1874) -- 'Shrouded in an American flag' : Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in Imperio (1899) -- 'A bold regeneration' : W.E.B. Du Bois's The quest of silver fleece (1911) -- 'To begin the world over again' : conclusion. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 650 0 $a American fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Societies in literature. 650 0 $a Utopias in literature. 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Societies in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123792 650 7 $a Utopias in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163372 651 0 $a United States $x In literature. 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9783030602796 830 0 $a Palgrave studies in utopianism. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025729.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1CD49BE278F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search