{"product_id":"the-last-utopians-by-michael-robertson-9780691202860","title":"The Last Utopians","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe entertaining story of four utopian writers—Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman—and their continuing influence today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this lively literary history, Michael Robertson introduces readers to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of four American and British writers during an extraordinary period of literary and social experiment. The publication of Edward Bellamy's \u003cem\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/em\u003e in 1888 opened the floodgates to an unprecedented wave of utopian writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose \u003cem\u003eNews from Nowhere\u003c\/em\u003e envisions a workers' Arcadia. Edward Carpenter boldly argued that homosexuals constitute a utopian vanguard. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women's rights activist and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/em\u003e, wrote numerous utopian fictions, including \u003cem\u003eHerland\u003c\/em\u003e, a visionary tale of an all-female society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese writers believed in radical gender and class equality, envisioning new forms of familial and romantic relationships, and were committed to living a simple life rooted in a restored natural world. Their legacy remains with us today, from Occupy Wall Street to the Radical Faeries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599546597612,"sku":"9780691202860","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b51eb31e4d5e1245c9aca015c972c70b.jpg?v=1778022188","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-last-utopians-by-michael-robertson-9780691202860","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}