Crucible Island; A Romance, An Adventure and an Experiment
| Title | Crucible Island; A Romance, An Adventure and an Experiment |
| Year for Search | 1919 |
| Authors | Pallen, Condé B[enoist](1858-1929) |
| Date Published | 1919 |
| Publisher | Manhattanville Press |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Anti-socialist dystopia showing weaknesses of a seemingly good society. The society had been established as an island prison for subversives but allowed to rule themselves and the initial depiction of the society implies that it is an entirely successfully socialist eutopia, but this is a centralized, state socialist system and those holding power use their position for their own advantage. |
| Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Harding & More, 1920. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, NcD, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1858-1929) held a doctorate from Saint Louis University and edited a number of Catholic journals and the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
| Full Text | 1919 Pallen, Condé B[enoist] (1858-1929). Crucible Island; A Romance, An Adventure and an Experiment. New York: Manhattanville Press. U.K. ed. London: Harding & More, 1920. MoU-St, NcD, PSt Anti-socialist dystopia showing weaknesses of a seemingly good society. The society had been established as an island prison for subversives but allowed to rule themselves and the initial depiction of the society implies that it is an entirely successfully socialist eutopia, but this is a centralized, state socialist system and those holding power use their position for their own advantage. The author held a doctorate from Saint Louis University and edited a number of Catholic journals and the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
