Faber Book of Utopias by John Carey
From the beginnings of civilization to the present day, people have envisaged Utopia - the perfect future state. These visions have come in every conceivable cultural and sexual shade: communist, fascist, anarchist, green, all-male, all-female; the list is endless. This anthology encompasses many noble and selfless schemes, as well as revealing a spine-chilling trail of folly, tyranny and attempts at social control.
John Carey is Merton Professor of English at Oxford Universit y, a distinguished critic, reviewer and broadcaster, and the author of several books, including studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray, and most recently, Pure Pleasure: A Guide to the Twentieth Century's Most Enjoyable Books, described, by James Wood in the London Review of Books, as 'likeable, wise and often right . . . one feels an attractive sense of partisanship in Carey's writing, an alliance with the ordinary, the plain spoken, the unlettered, the sympathetic and the humane. Carey writes with an Orwellian attention to decency'. He is a regular critic on BBC2's Newsnight Review. He is also the editor of the best-selling anthologies The Faber Book of Reportage, The Faber Book of Science and The Faber Book of Utopias.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571197859 |
| ISBN 10 | 057119785X |
| Title | Faber Book of Utopias |
| Author | John Carey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2005-02-24 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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