Description: " Subterranean Worlds is an excellent introduction to the topic, and will take a permanent place on the shelf of reference works indispensable for historians of geology, fantasy, science fiction, and utopias."?Paul Alkon, Leo S. Bing Professor of English, University of Southern California "An original treatment of the recurrent motif of the hollow earth in 18th and 19th century European fiction, including some excerpts translated into English for the first time, this critical anthology will be particularly welcome by scholar-teachers of early modern science fiction, utopias, and the fantastic."?Lise Leibacher, Associate Professor of French and Italian, University of Arizona "Fitting supplies deft introductions to each of the selections in the volume; his mastery of primary material and secondary literature on the subject is enhanced by his enthusiasm for the project."?John T. O'Connor, Professor of History, University of New Orleans

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