Edward Bellamy (26 Maret 1850 – 22 Mei 1898) adalah seorang penulis dan sosialis Amerika, yang paling dikenal karena novel utopia buatannya yang berjudul Looking Backward

Edward Bellamy
Edward Bellamy pada tahun 1889
Edward Bellamy pada tahun 1889
Lahir(1850-03-26)26 Maret 1850
Chicopee, Massachusetts, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal22 Mei 1898(1898-05-22) (umur 48)
Chicopee, Massachusetts, Amerika Serikat
PekerjaanPenulis
KebangsaanAmerika
PasanganEmma Augusta Sanderson
(m. 1882–1898; kematiannya)
AnakPaul (kelahiran 1884)
Marion (kelahiran 1886)
Tanda tangan

Edward Bellamy lahir di Chicopee, Massachusetts. Ayahnya adalah Rufus King Bellamy (1816–1886), seorang pendeta Baptis dan keturunan Joseph Bellamy.[1] Ibunya, Maria Louisa Putnam Bellamy, adalah putri dari pendeta Baptis bernama Benjamin Putnam

Bellamy menikahi Emma Augusta Sanderson pada tahun 1882 dan dikaruniai dua anak.

Catatan

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  1. ^ Howard Quint, The Forging of American Socialism: Origins of the Modern Movement: The Impact of Socialism on American Thought and Action, 1886–1901. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1953; pg. 74.

Bacaan tambahan

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  • Sylvia E. Bowman, Edward Bellamy Abroad: An American Prophet's Influence. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1962.
  • Sylvia E. Bowman, The Year 2000: A Critical Biography Of Edward Bellamy. New York: Bookman Associates, 1958.
  • Arthur Lipow, Authoritarian Socialism in America: Edward Bellamy and the Nationalist Movement. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982
  • Everett W. MacNair, Edward Bellamy and the Nationalist Movement, 1889 to 1894: A Research Study of Edward Bellamy's Work as a Social Reformer. Milwaukee, WI: Fitzgerald Co., 1957.
  • Arthur E. Morgan, The Philosophy of Edward Bellamy. King's Crown Press, 1945.
  • Daphne Patai (ed.), Looking Backward, 1988–1888: Essays on Edward Bellamy. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1988.
  • Elizabeth Sadler, "One Book's Influence: Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward" The New England Quarterly, Vol. 17, December 1944, pp. 530–555.
  • John Thomas, Alternative America: Henry George, Edward Bellamy, Henry Demarest Lloyd and the Adversary Tradition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983.
  • Richard Toby Widdicombe, Edward Bellamy: An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Criticism. New York: Garland Publishing, 1988.

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