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The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel

Denis Veiras

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Description:Reminiscent of More s Utopia and Swift s Gulliver s Travels, Denis Veiras s History of the Sevarambians is one of the great utopian novels of the seventeenth century. Set in Australia, this rollicking adventure story comes complete with a shipwreck, romantic tales, religious fraud, magical talismans, and supernatural animals. The current volume contains two versions of Veiras s story: the original English and the 1738 English translation of the expanded French version. Veiras s work was well known in its own time and has been translated into a number of languages, including German, French, Russian, and Japanese, while the English version has been largely forgotten. The book has been read to teach a variety of political doctrines, and also has been cited as an early development in the history of ideas about religious toleration. It reveals a great deal about early modern English, Dutch, and French attitudes toward other cultures. One of the first utopian writings to qualify as a novel, it can be interpreted as a metaphor for human life, in all its complexity and ambiguity."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel. To get started finding The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Reminiscent of More s Utopia and Swift s Gulliver s Travels, Denis Veiras s History of the Sevarambians is one of the great utopian novels of the seventeenth century. Set in Australia, this rollicking adventure story comes complete with a shipwreck, romantic tales, religious fraud, magical talismans, and supernatural animals. The current volume contains two versions of Veiras s story: the original English and the 1738 English translation of the expanded French version. Veiras s work was well known in its own time and has been translated into a number of languages, including German, French, Russian, and Japanese, while the English version has been largely forgotten. The book has been read to teach a variety of political doctrines, and also has been cited as an early development in the history of ideas about religious toleration. It reveals a great deal about early modern English, Dutch, and French attitudes toward other cultures. One of the first utopian writings to qualify as a novel, it can be interpreted as a metaphor for human life, in all its complexity and ambiguity."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel. To get started finding The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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