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Forms in Early Modern Utopia

The Ethnography of Perfection

By: Nina Chordas

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Forms in Early Modern Utopia

The Ethnography of Perfection

By: Nina Chordas

Though much has been written about connections between early modern utopia and nascent European imperialism, the author brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through some of the sub-genres that comprise early modern utopia, identifying and discussing each specific form in the cultural and historical contexts that render it suitable for the creation and promulgation of utopian programs, whether imaginary or intended for actual implementation. This study transforms scholarly understanding of early modern utopia by first complicating our notion of it as a single genre, and secondly by fusing our paradoxically fragmented view of it as alternately a literary or social phenomenon. Her analysis shows early modern utopia to be not a single genre, but rather a conglomeration of many forms or sub-genres, including travel writing, ethnography, dialogue, pastoral, and the sermon, each with its own relationship to nascent imperialism. These sub-genres bring to utopian writing a variety of discourses - anthropological, theological, philosophical, legal, and more - not usually considered fictional; presented in a humanist guise, these discourses lend to early modern utopia an authority that serves to counteract the general contemporary distrust of fiction. The author shows how early modern utopia, in conjunction with the authoritative forms of its sub-genres, is not only able to impose its fictions upon the material world but in doing so contributes to the imperialistic agendas of its day. This volume contains a bibliographical essay as well as a chronology of utopian publications and projects, in Europe and the New World.

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Routledge

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1351158066

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Forms in Early Modern Utopia

The Ethnography of Perfection

By: Nina Chordas

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Forms in Early Modern Utopia

The Ethnography of Perfection

By: Nina Chordas

Though much has been written about connections between early modern utopia and nascent European imperialism, Nina Chordas brings a fresh perspective to the topic by exploring it through some of the sub-genres that comprise early modern utopia, identifying and discussing each specific form in the cultural and historical contexts that render it suitable for the creation and promulgation of utopian programs, whether imaginary or intended for actual implementation. This study transforms scholarly understanding of early modern utopia by first complicating our notion of it as a single genre, and secondly by fusing our paradoxically fragmented view of it as alternately a literary or social phenomenon. Her analysis shows early modern utopia to be not a single genre, but rather a conglomeration of many forms or sub-genres, including travel writing, ethnography, dialogue, pastoral, and the sermon, each with its own relationship to nascent imperialism. These sub-genres bring to utopian writing a variety of discourses - anthropological, theological, philosophical, legal, and more - not usually considered fictional; presented in a humanist guise, these discourses lend to early modern utopia an authority that serves to counteract the general contemporary distrust of fiction. Chordas shows how early modern utopia, in conjunction with the authoritative forms of its sub-genres, is not only able to impose its fictions upon the material world but in doing so contributes to the imperialistic agendas of its day. This volume contains a bibliographical essay as well as a chronology of utopian publications and projects, in Europe and the New World."--Provided by publisher.

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146

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1351158082

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9781351158084

Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

By: Clare Nina Norelli

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Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

By: Clare Nina Norelli

The first book to focus on the soundtrack of Twin Peaks, with publication timed alongside the series return.

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164

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501323016

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9781501323010

The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

By: Nina Berberova

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The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

By: Nina Berberova

The greatest collection by one of the great Russian writers is now back in print. First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late emigre writer Nina Berberova (1901-1993) are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectualsbut all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future.

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324

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New Directions Publishing

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0811214737

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9780811214735

River of Words

Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers

By: Nina Shengold

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River of Words

Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers

By: Nina Shengold

An intimate group portrait of contemporary Hudson Valley writers.

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State University of New York Press

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1438434278

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9781438434278

The Stone Bridge

By: Aleksandr Terekhov

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The Stone Bridge

By: Aleksandr Terekhov

Based on a true story, 'The Stone Bridge' is a detailed historical reconstruction of the Stalinist era as seen through one man's seven-year investigation into the case of the 'wolves' cubs' - a Nazi-inspired secret society inside an elite Kremlin school.

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1909156655

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9781909156654

Book's by Nina Chordas

Forms in Early Modern Utopia

Forms in Early Modern Utopia

Forms in Early Modern Utopia

Forms in Early Modern Utopia

Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

River of Words

River of Words

The Stone Bridge

The Stone Bridge

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