The Quest for Utopia: ENG 0824

Research help for the course, "The Quest for Utopia."

Library Research for The Quest for Utopia

This guide will help you with your research assignments for the General Education course The Quest for Utopia.

Use the adjacent tabs to help you find sources about intentional communities, past and present, real or fictionalized. If you need help, contact the librarian.

New Harmony, a utopian attempt; depicted as proposed by Robert Owen.

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Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities
ISBN: 9781405183284
This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise.
The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature
ISBN: 0521714141
Presents a historical survey of the development of utopianism, addresses the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and considers its relation to science fiction and other literary genres.