Foreword by Patrick Parrinder -- Introduction -- Utopia the protean concept -- Encounters with a stranger -- Glimpses of a moving picture -- After utopia: anti-utopia and science fiction in the 20th century -- Conclusion
Summary
"This text argues that utopian stories should be treated as literary texts, not as blueprints for a human community. Thomas More's Utopia, H.G. Well's A Modern Utopia, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Arthur C. Clarke's The City and the Stars are examined as texts representative of utopianism during specific historical periods"--Provided by publisher
