Ahmad, Dohra.

Landscapes of hope : anti-colonial utopianism in America / Dohra Ahmad. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - viii, 250 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-241) and index.

Introduction: real networks and imaginary vistas -- Evolution: Edward Bellamy, William Morris, William Dean Howells -- Eugenics: Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Culture: A. K. Coomaraswamy -- Nationalism: Rabindranath Tagore -- Personification: Sarojini Naidu -- Transnationalism:J. T. Sunderland -- Resurrection: Pauline Hopkins -- Romance: W. E. B. Du Bois -- Rationalism: Richard Wright -- Epilogue: multicultural utopia?

9780195332766 (acidfree paper)

2008028927


American literature--History and criticism.
Utopias in literature.
Anti-imperialist movements--United States.
Authors, American--Political and social views.
Race in literature.
Nationalism in literature.

PS169.U85 / A75 2009

809.93372 A D L