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W. H. Hudson

Naturalist and author of A Crystal Age, a utopian novel mentioned here.

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Also known as Mr. W. H. Hudson, Mr. Hudson

W. H. Hudson shows up with force in The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as 'Hermann Melville' describing the Marquesas savages who had no need for utopia due to their complete adjustment to their environment.

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W. H. Hudson first appears in 0003 the story of utopias.

In The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction: Mentioned as 'Hermann Melville' describing the Marquesas savages who had no need for utopia due to their complete adjustment to their environment.

Later, in I: His work 'A Traveller in Little Things' is referenced as conveying the savor of pre-industrial village life.

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The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction
Mentioned as 'Hermann Melville' describing the Marquesas savages who had no need for utopia due to their complete adjustment to their environment.
I
His work 'A Traveller in Little Things' is referenced as conveying the savor of pre-industrial village life.
How William Morris and W. H. Hudson renew the classic tradition of utopias; and how, finally, Mr. H. G. Wells sums up and clarifies the utopias of the past, and brings them into contact with the world of the present.
Renewed the classic tradition of utopias alongside Morris.
I
Noted for returning to More's model in A Crystal Age, with the farmstead and family as the social unit.
The Crystal Age: A Beehive Utopia
Author of the Crystal Age utopia being described.
III
Author of 'A Crystal Age' and 'Green Mansions', whose work is referenced as a romance with passages rivaling his own.

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