Looking Backward (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Bellamy, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486290387 ISBN 13: 9780486290386

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Stimulating, thought-provoking utopian fantasy about a young man who's put into a hypnotic sleep in the late 19th century and awakens in the year 2000 to find a vastly changed world where crime, war, and want no longer exist. A provocative study of human society as it is and as it might be.

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Review:

"This edition is extremely welcome. The introduction is clear and accessible, and both situates the text historically and stresses its continuing relevance. Above all, the additional texts provide supporting material that makes this edition a truly invaluable resource."--Ruth Levitas

"This edition is set apart from all other editions by Alex MacDonald's excellent introduction and annotations and an excellent selection of related texts."--Lyman Tower Sargent, editor of Utopian Studies

"There is no better book than Looking Backward for understanding the intersecting private and public spheres in Victorian America. This is easily the best edition on the market, thanks to the fine introduction that puts Bellamy in the sweep of utopian writing, the nice selection of contemporary responses, and the excerpts from Bellamy's 'Religion of Solidarity' and Equality."--Richard Fox

"There is no better book than Looking Backward for understanding the intersecting private and public spheres in Victorian America. This is easily the best edition on the market, thanks to the fine introduction that puts Bellamy in the sweep of utopian writing, the nice selection of contemporary responses, and the excerpts from Bellamy's 'Religion of Solidarity' and Equality." -- Richard Fox, University of Southern California

"This edition is set apart from all other editions by Alex MacDonald's excellent introduction and annotations and an excellent selection of related texts." -- Lyman Tower Sargent, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Editor of Utopian Studies

"This edition is extremely welcome. The introduction is clear and accessible, and both situates the text historically and stresses its continuing relevance. Above all, the additional texts provide supporting material that makes this edition a truly invaluable resource." -- Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol

"There is no better book than Looking Backward for understanding the intersecting private and public spheres in Victorian America. This is easily the best edition on the market, thanks to the fine introduction that puts Bellamy in the sweep of utopian writing, the nice selection of contemporary responses, and the excerpts from Bellamy's 'Religion of Solidarity' and Equality." -- Richard Fox, University of Southern California

"This edition is set apart from all other editions by Alex MacDonald's excellent introduction and annotations and an excellent selection of related texts." -- Lyman Tower Sargent, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Editor of Utopian Studies

"This edition is extremely welcome. The introduction is clear and accessible, and both situates the text historically and stresses its continuing relevance. Above all, the additional texts provide supporting material that makes this edition a truly invaluable resource." -- Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol

From the Publisher:

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About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0486290387
• ISBN 13: 9780486290386
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160