Holstun, James.

A rational millennium : Puritan utopias of seventeenth-century England and America / James Holstun. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. - x, 371 p. : 1 facsim. ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 337-355.

0195041410 (alk. paper) : $29.95

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English prose literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Utopias in literature.
English prose literature--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
American prose literature--History and criticism.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
American prose literature--Puritan authors--History and criticism.
American prose literature--English influences.
Puritan movements in literature.
Puritans--Intellectual life.
Millennialism in literature.
Rationalism in literature.
Colonies in literature.


English-speaking countries--Intellectual life--17th century.
England--Intellectual life--17th century.


Utopian fiction--History --17th century.
Utopian fiction--Great Britain.
Utopian fiction--United States.

PR 756 .U86 / H6 1987