After UtopiaBy developing the concept of critical space, After Utopia presents a new genealogy of twentieth century American fiction. Nicholas Spencer argues that the radical American fiction of Jack London, Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, and Josephine Herbst reimagines the spatial concerns of late nineteenth century utopian American texts. Instead of fully imagined utopian societies, such fiction depicts localized utopian spaces that provide essential support