{"product_id":"the-last-utopians-michael-robertson-9780691202860","title":"The Last Utopians: Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe entertaining story of four utopian writers--Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman--and their continuing influence today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this lively literary history, Michael Robertson introduces readers to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of four American and British writers during an extraordinary period of literary and social experiment. The publication of Edward Bellamy's \u003ci\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e in 1888 opened the floodgates to an unprecedented wave of utopian writing. William Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose \u003ci\u003eNews from Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e envisions a workers' Arcadia. Edward Carpenter boldly argued that homosexuals constitute a utopian vanguard. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women's rights activist and the author of \"The Yellow Wallpaper,\" wrote numerous utopian fictions, including \u003ci\u003eHerland\u003c\/i\u003e, a visionary tale of an all-female society. These writers believed in radical gender and class equality, envisioning new forms of familial and romantic relationships, and were committed to living a simple life rooted in a restored natural world. And their legacy remains with us today, from Occupy Wall Street to the Radical Faeries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691202869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691202860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129755201791,"sku":"9780691202860","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dfbcd4e-ea41-445c-bcd2-402bec221350.jpg?v=1687465630","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-utopians-michael-robertson-9780691202860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}