Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700: Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality

by James Colin Davis and James C. Davis

Book Overview

This book address the relationship between utopian and radical thought, particularly in the early modern period, and puts forward alternatives approaches to imagined 'realities'. Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700 explores the nature and meaning of radicalism in a traditional society; the necessity of fiction both in rejecting and constructing the status quo; and the circumstances in which radical and utopian fictions appear to become imperative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319872656
• ISBN13: 9783319872650
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"