02545nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10600626 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 111007s2012 sz sb 001 0 eng d 2011040561 9783034307253 (pbk.) 303430725X (pbk.) 9783034307253 9783035302066 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)812915149 PN56.U8 B43 2012eb 809/.93372 23 Beaumont, Matthew, 1972- The spectre of Utopia [electronic resource] : utopian and science fictions at the fin de si�ecle / Matthew Beaumont. Utopian and science fictions at the fin de si�ecle Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, c2012. xii, 307 p. Ralahine utopian studies, 1661-5875 ; v. 12 Includes bibliographical references and index. Looking back at looking backward : panorama, paranoia -- A little shopping : Looking backward and the dreamscape of consumption -- A mysterious disappearance : Looking backward and the fugue epidemic -- City of the absent : socially empty space from Shelley to Bellamy -- The Bellamy Library : William Reeves and radical publishing -- Influential force : Shafts and feminist utopianism -- Elective affinities : socialism, occultism and utopianism -- What ought to be : Wilde's utopianism in The soul of man under socialism -- Red sphinx : the mechanics of the uncanny in The time machine -- Against the infernal yawn : the anamorphic estrangements of science fiction. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Soul of man under socialism. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Time machine. Utopias in literature. Social problems in literature. Social movements in literature. Science fiction Social aspects. Utopias Philosophy. Socialism Philosophy. Literature and society History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10600626 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 98800 98800