{"product_id":"utopian-novels-in-victorian-england-three-comments-on-the-possibility-and-desirability-of-utopia-von-silke-bosch","title":"Utopian Novels in Victorian England","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Anglistik\/Amerikanistik), course: Victorian Novels, language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare three of the most influential Utopian novels of the Victorian era in Great Britain: William Morris¿ News from Nowhere, Samuel Butler¿s Erewhon and Edward Bulwer-Lytton¿s The Coming Race.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... I will concentrate on a specific aspect which struck me as most interesting. The question I want to pose is in how far the works are still hopeful and positive and how far they are already disillusioned and negative. Do they consider the idea of a utopian and perfect society to be desirable and possible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI found that Morris¿ News from Nowhere is still a classic Utopia as it depicts a hopeful prospect of an ideal state of society, but it also introduces a new notion. A utopian society is not something out of human reach, but can be realised entirely. Morris¿ basis was Marx¿ theory and he really believed in the possibility of a truly communist and happy nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eButler¿s work Erewhon should be rather called a satire, as it is mostly a criticism of Victorian society. But still, it uses the frame of a Utopian fiction and therefor also comments on it. From Erewhon can be concluded that mankind is not capable of true improvement and that a perfect system is intolerant and oppressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLytton¿s work The Coming Race is a mixture of criticism, offering answers and for the most part a discussion of the perfectibility of men and the desirability of perfection, coming to the conclusion that perfection and the desire for it is rather a threat to mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640490974\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThree comments on  the possibility and desirability  of Utopia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640490974","offer_id":39430217105501,"sku":"9783640490974","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/3b1805d7-33b1-473d-8eae-aa6f2f3d2533.jpg?v=1777617125","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/utopian-novels-in-victorian-england-three-comments-on-the-possibility-and-desirability-of-utopia-von-silke-bosch","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}