Fictional and Historical Worlds
Examines possible and fictional worlds, author and authority, otherness and recognition, translation, alternative critique, empire, education, imagination, comedy, history, poetry, and culture. The analyzed works include classical and modern texts and the
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Fictional and Historical Worlds
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Fictional and Historical Worlds
Jonathan Hart
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FICTIONAL AND HISTORICAL WORLDS
Copyright © Jonathan Locke Hart, 2012. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–34069–5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hart, Jonathan Locke, 1956– Fictional and historical worlds / Jonathan Hart. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–34069–5 1. Criticism. I. Title. PN81.H2849 2012 809⬘.9372—dc23
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For Gordon Teskey We now have plaid (Augustus) wantonly, Tuning our Song unto a tender Muse
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Preface and Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
Chapter 1 Possible and Fictional Worlds
9
Chapter 2
The Author Makes a Comeback
35
Chapter 3
Recognizing Otherness and Comparison
57
Chapter 4
Translating the New World
77
Chapter 5
Alternative Critique
89
Chapter 6
Continental European Empires
101
Chapter 7
Education and Imagination
113
Chapter 8
Realism and
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