Utopian Imagination and Eighteenth Century Fiction

Preface  1. Classical origins and Renaissance locations  2. Seventeenth-century utopias - witty fictions, but mere chimeras  3. Utopian discourse in the 18th century - a preliminary view  4. Utopia overseas - Robinson Crusoe, A General History of the Pyrates, Gaudentio di Lucca, Peter Wilkins  5. Utopia and satire - the Travels of Gulliver and others  6. Domestic utopias - Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, Clarissa, Sir Charles Grandison  7. Women's utopias - New Atalantis, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Reflections upon Marriage, Millennium Hall, Munster Village  8. Utopia and the philosophical tale - Rasselas  Notes and references  Select bibliography