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Pearl, Jason H.
Utopian geographies and the early English novel / Jason H. Pearl.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8139-3623-9 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8139-3624-6 (e-book)
1. Utopias in literature. 2. Geography in literature. 3. Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?–1674. Description of a new world, called the blazing world. 4. Behn, Aphra, 1640–1689. Oroonoko. 5. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?–1731. Robinson Crusoe. 6. Defoe, Daniel, 1661?–1731. Captain Singleton. 7. Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745. Gulliver’s travels. 8. English fiction—18th century—History and criticism. 9. English fiction—17th century—History and criticism. I. Title.
PR830.U7P43 2014
823.009'372—dc23
2013050103