03341nam 2200793Ia 450 991045890460332120200520144314.01-003-06338-11-351-15806-61-282-54527-297866125452761-4094-0218-5(CKB)2670000000018484(EBL)513934(OCoLC)612757874(SSID)ssj0000455724(PQKBManifestationID)11321261(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000455724(PQKBWorkID)10405183(PQKB)11646445(MiAaPQ)EBC513934(Au-PeEL)EBL513934(CaPaEBR)ebr10385845(CaONFJC)MIL254527(EXLCZ)99267000000001848420091001d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForms in early modern utopia[electronic resource] the ethnography of perfection /Nina ChordasBurlington, VT Ashgate20101 online resource (147 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5899-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Dialogue, Utopia, and the Agencies of Fiction; 2 Ethnography, Travel Writing, Pastoral,and Their Utopian Manifestations; 3 Utopia and Ethnography in theExtrafictional World; 4 Homiletic Discourse in theService of Utopia:John Cotton Preaches"God's Promise to His Plantations"; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; IndexThough much has been written about early modern imperialism in America, Nina Chordas brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through the genres of utopia. Her analysis shows early modern utopia to be not a single genre, but rather a conglomeration of many sub-genres, including travel writing, ethnography, dialogue, pastoral, and the sermon, each with its own formal and historical relationship to nascent imperialism.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismUtopias in literatureLiterary formHistory16th centuryLiterary formHistory17th centuryTravel writingHistory16th centuryTravel writingHistory17th centuryEthnologyHistory16th centuryEthnologyHistory17th centuryPastoral literatureHistory and criticismImperialism in literatureElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Utopias in literature.Literary formHistoryLiterary formHistoryTravel writingHistoryTravel writingHistoryEthnologyHistoryEthnologyHistoryPastoral literatureHistory and criticism.Imperialism in literature.820.9/372Chordas Nina865296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458904603321Forms in early modern utopia1931389UNINA