Focusing on eighteenth-century constructions of symbolic femininity and eighteenth-century women's writing in relation to contemporary utopian discourse, this volume adjusts our understanding of the utopia of the Enlightenment, placing a unique emphasis on colonial utopias. Looking at Enlightenment-era texts by English and French women and men, contributors shed new light on the eighteenth-century legacies that continue to shape contemporary views of social and political progress.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Nicole PohlBrenda Tooley; Chapter 2 Utopian Exchanges, Lee CullenKhanna; Chapter 3 A Fragile Utopia of Sensibility, Joseph F.Bartolomeo; Chapter 4 Gothic Utopia, BrendaTooley; Chapter 5 Rewriting Rousseau, CarolineWeber; Chapter 6 Utopia in the Seraglio, MaryMcAlpin; Chapter 7 Transparency and the Enlightenment Body, Ana M.Acosta; Chapter 8 Gender and the Voyage Utopia, NicolePohl; Chapter 9 Improvement, Patriarchy and Gender, Elizabeth HagglundJonathan Laidlow; Chapter 10 Generating Regenerated Generations, SethDenbo; Chapter 11 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, AlessaJohns;

Nicole Pohl is Senior Lecturer in English at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Brenda Tooley is Dean of the College and Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Cornell College, USA.