In Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia, Nathaniel Walker asks: why did we abandon our dense, complex urban places and seek to find 'the best of the city and the country' in the flowery suburbs? While looking back at the architecture and urban design of the 1800s offers some answers, Walker argues that a great missing piece of the story can be found in Victorian utopian literature. The rise of suburbs and disinvestment from cities have been defining features of life in many countries over the course of the twentieth century.

Surveys understudied voices, such as those of early Victorian feminists like Mary Griffith and urban visionary Samuel Barnett, whose thoughts were revolutionary in the 1800s and remain relevant today.

Wells, situating them in context with each other and the discourses in which they operated

Offers fresh new analyses of famous figures of literature and design, such as Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Ebenezer Howard, and H.G.

Engages with visions of futuristic design philosophies, materials, processes, and aesthetics, which have been overlooked because they were recorded in the pages of socialist manifestos or science fiction rather than built in reality.

Explores unknown visions of urban reform in Victorian utopian socialist and science-fiction literature, revealing a consistent call for the destruction of cities and a longing for the creation of suburban landscapes.

Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia Abandoning Babylon Nathaniel Robert Walker

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