The dark side of utopia. Belknap press of harvard university press. Verkkoin this informative new book, author sterling f. Delano, a professor of english at villanova university, documents the dark side of paradise, as the brookians fall. Verkkoin the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in west roxbury, massachusetts, sterling delano reveals a surprisingly. Verkkoin the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in west roxbury, massachusetts, sterling delano reveals a surprisingly. Verkkoin this lively, revisionist narrative, delano explores the financial and institutional weaknesses that precipitated the downfall of new england’s most famous utopian. Verkkoin the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in west roxbury, massachusetts, sterling delano reveals a surprisingly. Delano's brook farm aims to present the first “comprehensive examination” of transcendentalist george ripley's design to.