This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a
study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only
recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper
genre - utopian fiction. Beginning with the imaginary journeys of
writers like H. G. Wells at the end of the nineteenth century,
Professor Gerber traces the evolving themes and forms of the genre
through their culmination in the sophisticated nightmares of Aldous
Huxley and George Orwell. It is a two-fold transformation: On the
one hand, the optimism of social reformers whose visions of the
future were nurtured by the theories of Darwin and the triumph of
science and industry gradually gives way to the pessimism of moral
philosophers alarmed at the power science and technology have put
at the disposal of totalitarian rulers. On the other hand, the
earlier writers' dependence on framing and distancing devices for
their stories and heavy emphasis on technical details give way to
the subtlety of complex psychological novels whose artistry makes
the reader a citizen of the tragic worlds depicted.
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