ISBN: 9781605973487

Drifting on a sailing boat off the Canary Islands, four British gentlemen take turns reading a manuscript that they find inside a copper cylinder discovered floating in the Atlantic Ocean… More...

Drifting on a sailing boat off the Canary Islands, four British gentlemen take turns reading a manuscript that they find inside a copper cylinder discovered floating in the Atlantic Ocean. The manuscript recounts Adam More’s adventures after being lost at sea during an Antarctic voyage in 1844 and his life with the Kosekin, a lost civilization living at the South Pole. The values of the Kosekin are opposed to the civilized norm—they love death, abjection, and poverty. Their society may be well suited to their particular evolution, but it is profoundly disconcerting to the narrator, and it is radically contentious to the Victorian gentlemen who read and debate More’s account. This Broadview edition of James De Mille’s classic recreates the format of the posthumous 1888 Harper’s Weekly serial, including 18 original illustrations by Gilbert Gaul. The appendices allow the novel to be seen in terms of other satirical and scientific romance, Antarctic exploration, and contemporary geology. The introduction and notes tap into recent scholarship to bring to life De Mille’s genre innovations and his use of Orientalist and colonialist discourses. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>SF&Fantasy>Sci-Fi>Sci-Fi, Book Jungle Core >1<

2008, ISBN: 1605973483

[EAN: 9781605973487], Neubuch, [PU: Book Jungle], FICTION / SCIENCE GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - James De Mille was a 19th century Canadian aut… More...

[EAN: 9781605973487], Neubuch, [PU: Book Jungle], FICTION / SCIENCE GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - James De Mille was a 19th century Canadian author known for his wit and humor. Before becoming a professor De Mile traveled extensively in Italy, which became the scene for many of his books. De Mille's popular fiction included thrillers, such as The Cryptogram, comic novels of adventure, such as The Dodge Club; or, Italy in 1859, and historical romances, such as A Tale of Rome in the First Century. His series Brethren of the White Cross was the first series for young readers published in Canada. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder published in 1888 is a story set in a future time when humanity becomes a conformist society with no inspiration to develop creative ideas., Books<

2008, ISBN: 9781605973487

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Book Jungle], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorJames De Mille (1833 -… More...

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Book Jungle], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorJames De Mille (1833 - 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 232, [GW: 442g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<