2894 (novel)
| Author | Walter Browne |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Utopian fiction Speculative fiction |
| Publisher | G. W. Dillingham |
Publication date | 1894 |
| Media type |
2894, or The Fossil Man (A Midwinter Night's Dream) is an 1894 utopian novel written by Walter Browne.[1] It is one entrant in the major wave of utopian and dystopian literature that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century.[2][3]
The book deals with a reversal of the traditional gender roles, and describes a society of "dominant women and submissive men."[4] It is one of a group of speculative fiction works in its generation that took a position, pro or con, on feminism and gender roles.[5]
2894 is one of the rarest works in the English language.[6]
References
- ↑ Published New York, G. W. Dillingham, 1894.
- ↑ Kenneth Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity: America in Utopian Writings, 1888–1900, Kent, OH, Kent State University Press, 1976.
- ↑ Allyn B. Forbes, "The Literary Quest for Utopia, 1880–1900," Social Forces, Vol. 6 No. 2 (December 1927), pp. 179-89.
- ↑ Sargent, Lyman Tower (November 1976). "Themes in Utopian Fiction in English Before Wells". Science Fiction Studies 3 (3): 275–82; see p. 276. Retrieved January 2014.
- ↑ Sargent, pp. 278-9.
- ↑ Sargent, p. 281 n. 15.
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