Utopia, Religion and Dissent in Robert Williams Bx
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https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-9_4Keywords:
literary utopia, Christianity, evolution, science, eugenicsAbstract
The article analyzes the novel The Rev. Annabel Lee: a Tale of to-Morrow (1898) by Robert Williams Buchanan, focusing on the conflict between a secular utopian society of the future, built on the principles of Comtean Positivism, Owenite Socialism and Social Darwinism, and a Christian revivalist movement led by a female preacher. While exploring the connections between gender, social engineering and faith, the article also interrogates ambiguities implicit in two conflicting worldviews which are dependent, respectively, on science and a revealed religion.
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