Nowhere in the Middle Ages.
Lochrie, Karma.
Nowhere in the Middle Ages. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Nowhere in the Middle Ages -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. No Past -- Chapter 1. Nowhere Earth: Macrobius's Commentary on the Dream of Scipio and Kepler's Somnium -- Chapter 2. Somewhere in the Middle Ages: The Land of Cokaygne, Then and Now -- Chapter 3. Provincializing Medieval Europe: Mandeville's Cosmopolitan Utopianism -- Chapter 4. "Something Is Missing": Utopian Failure, Piers Plowman and The Dream of John Ball -- Chapter 5. Reading Forward: More's Utopia Unmoored -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In Nowhere in the Middle Ages, Lochrie reveals how utopian thinking was, in fact, "somewhere" in the Middle Ages. In the process, she transforms conventional readings of More's Utopia and challenges the very practice of literary history today.
9780812292855
Utopias in literature.
Utopias-History.
Utopias-History-To 1500.
Literature-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN56.U8 -- .L63 2016eb
321.070902
Nowhere in the Middle Ages. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - The Middle Ages Series . - The Middle Ages Series .
Cover -- Nowhere in the Middle Ages -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. No Past -- Chapter 1. Nowhere Earth: Macrobius's Commentary on the Dream of Scipio and Kepler's Somnium -- Chapter 2. Somewhere in the Middle Ages: The Land of Cokaygne, Then and Now -- Chapter 3. Provincializing Medieval Europe: Mandeville's Cosmopolitan Utopianism -- Chapter 4. "Something Is Missing": Utopian Failure, Piers Plowman and The Dream of John Ball -- Chapter 5. Reading Forward: More's Utopia Unmoored -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In Nowhere in the Middle Ages, Lochrie reveals how utopian thinking was, in fact, "somewhere" in the Middle Ages. In the process, she transforms conventional readings of More's Utopia and challenges the very practice of literary history today.
9780812292855
Utopias in literature.
Utopias-History.
Utopias-History-To 1500.
Literature-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN56.U8 -- .L63 2016eb
321.070902