New Worlds Reflected

'New Worlds Reflected: Travel and Utopia in the Early Modern Period offers a collection of essays on a fascinating topic that will be of interest to historians of early modern England, early modern literature, and the early modern Atlantic world.' Itinerario 'New Worlds Reflected will reward readers with its refreshing variety and its unique, side-by-side treatment of seventeenth-century travel and utopian writing, both of which were practices intended to expand knowledge and other forms of power, often in strikingly similar ways.' Renaissance Quarterly 'The volume overall is a valuable contribution to critical dialogues on utopias and the vibrant field of travel writing, and will be of interest to scholars from a wide range of disciplines.' Parergon 'Students interested in the cultural and intellectual history of the European early modern period, particularly those interested in the areas of literary and religious studies, would find this a useful volume to consult.' Terrae Incognitae 'Houston's well-constructed volume is a valuable source for early modern cultural history refracted through one idea (or should it be ideal?): utopianism.' Sixteenth Century Studies 'As a textual site, 'utopianism' appears to record a lack of joined up thinking, a challenge which this diverse collection, thanks to its considered structure and generous bibliography, meets fortuitously. As an archipelago of essays, this volume reflects the paradoxes found at the heart of utopian travails in highly suggestive ways.' Renaissance Studies