Of Islands and Bridges: Figures of Uneven Development in Bacon's New Atlantis.

This essay locates a trend in early English literature to imagine fantastical feats of territorial engineering, including the tale of island-making in More's Utopia and a dream for continent-bridging in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. It considers how these geographical representations negotiate a desire...

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Published in:	Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 28 - 60
Main Author:	Hogan, Sarah
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press 2012
Subjects:	English literature Utopias Doctor Faustus (Play : Marlowe) Drama Early Modern Period (Literary period)
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