Edward Bellamy

Broschiertes Buch

Looking Backward

2000-1887

Beschreibung

It is the year 2000-and full employment, material abundance and social harmony can be found everywhere. This is the America to which Julian West, a young Bostonian, awakens after more than a century of sleep. West's initial sense of wonder, his gradual acceptance of the new order and a new love, and Bellamy's wonderful prophetic inventions - electric lighting, shopping malls, credit cards, electronic broadcasting - ensured the mass popularity of this 1888 novel. But however rich in fantasy and romance, Looking Backward is a passionate attach on the social ills of nineteenth-century industrialism and a plea for social reform and moral renewal. In her introduction, Cecelia Tichi discusses how the novel echoes the anguish and hopes of its own age while it embodies a sustaining myth of the American literary tradition-that man's perfectibility is attainable in the New World. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Autor

Edward Bellamy was born on March 26, 1850, in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, to a Baptist minister father and a Calvinist mother. He briefly attended Union College in New York but left before graduating, opting to study law. However, he soon abandoned law for journalism, working in New York City and later in Springfield, Massachusetts.In 1882, Bellamy married Emma Sanderson, and the couple had two children, Paul and Marion. His experiences as a journalist and his observations of social inequalities deeply influenced his writing. This culminated in his most famous work, Looking Backward, published in 1888, which envisioned a future utopian society and sparked widespread interest in social reform.The success of Looking Backward led to the formation of numerous "Bellamy Clubs" across the United States, aiming to discuss and promote his ideas. Despite his declining health due to tuberculosis, Bellamy continued to write and published Equality in 1897 as a sequel to his earlier work. He passed away on May 22, 1898, in his hometown of Chicopee Falls, leaving a lasting impact on American literature and social thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 1982
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780140390186
• ISBN-10: 0140390189
• Artikelnr.: 22182955