Melville and the Tradition of Primitive Utopia.

Beauchamp, Gorman

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ERIC Number: EJ255238

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Publication Date: 1981

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Melville and the Tradition of Primitive Utopia.

Beauchamp, Gorman

Journal of General Education, v33 n1 p6-14 Spr 1981

Discusses the relationships among the myth of the Golden Age, the concept of the Noble Savage, and the dream of Utopia. Uses Lewis Mumford's division of utopias into two basic types, i.e., reconstruction and escape utopias, to examine Herman Melville's "Typee" as an example of the primitive escapist utopia. (Editor/DMM)

Descriptors: Fiction, Mythology, Nineteenth Century Literature, Quality of Life, Social Systems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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