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Andrew Loman. "Somewhat on the Community-System": Fourierism in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne.(Book review)

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From: Utopian Studies
Date: 20060622
Author:Balasopoulos, Antonis

Andrew Loman. "Somewhat on the Community-System": Fourierism in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York: Roudedge, 2005. xxiv+159 pp. $65.00

The subject of this volume--the impact of Fourierist thought on Hawthorne's fictional preoccupations with the promises and threats posed by alternative models of human association--places it at the intersection between American and Utopian Studies. There are a number of reasons why such a choice of position is both promising and sensible. With the exception of Lauren Berlant's outstanding The Anatomy of National Fantasy and a handful ...

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