Edward Bellamy Summary

Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) was an American novelist, an economic propagandist, and a social reformer. His memorable achievement is the novel Looking Backward.Edward Bellamy was born on March 26, 1850,... Read more

In the following essay, Dewey examines Bellamy's evocation of “the terrible gulf between what is possible and what is actual” with regard to human freedom and equality. In his ... Read more

In the following essay, Fellman argues that Bellamy's desire for social and economic renewal led him to a vision of authoritarian unity. With a tear for the dark past, turn we then to the da... Read more

In the following essay, Leach discusses the role of nineteenth-century feminists in the egalitarian Nationalist movement inspired by Bellamy's writings. Since the late nineteenth century a m... Read more

In the essay that follows, Hammond studies Bellamy's redemptive vision of an “internalized utopia” that would free both men and women from the restrictions of social convention. ... Read more