A Visitor from Venus
| Title | A Visitor from Venus |
| Year for Search | 1949 |
| Authors | Short, Gertrude(1902-1968) |
| Date Published | 1949 |
| Publisher | William-Frederick Press |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Venus presented as a eutopia in contrast with the dystopian Earth. On Venus people do the right thing simply because it is the right thing. Venus has a universal language and world government. Argues for a political and religious role for women, who, it is said, must save Earth. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Daring To Dream: Utopian Stories By United States Women Before 1950. Ed. Carol Farley Kessler. 2nd ed. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), 214-43 with an editor's note on 212-13. |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, NcD |
| Author Note | Female author (1902-68). |
| Full Text | 1949 Short, Gertrude (1902-68). A Visitor from Venus. New York: William-Frederick Press. Rpt. in Daring To Dream: Utopian Stories By United States Women Before 1950. Ed. Carol Farley Kessler. 2nd ed. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), 214-43 with an editor’s note on 212-13. DLC, NcD Venus presented as a eutopia in contrast with the dystopian Earth. On Venus people do the right thing simply because it is the right thing. Venus has a universal language and world government. Argues for a political and religious role for women, who, it is said, must save Earth. Female author. |
