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The Southern Land, Known
''The Southern Land, Known'' (french: Les aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la découverte et le voyage de la terre Australe) is a book authored by Gabriel de Foigny Gabriel de Foigny (ca. 1630-1692) is the author of an important utopia, ''La Terre Australe connue'', 1676. Life All we know about Foigny, including his identity (the book was printed without his name), is based exclusively on the second edition of ... in 1676. The story is about ''Jacques Sadeur'', from his birth to the departures from terre Australe. In this book, Foigny utilizes Utopia to describe an egalitarian society without government and people without the need of religion. References 1676 books 17th-century French novels {{17thC-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel De Foigny
Gabriel de Foigny (ca. 1630-1692) is the author of an important utopia, ''La Terre Australe connue'', 1676. Life All we know about Foigny, including his identity (the book was printed without his name), is based exclusively on the second edition of Pierre Bayle's '' Dictionnaire historique et critique'' (1701, under "Sadeur"). He was born in Lorraine and became a Franciscan, but left the order. He moved near Geneva, now as a Protestant, and made a living as a tutor. The ''Terre australe connue'' was printed at Geneva, as if from Vannes.Geoffroy Atkinson, The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature Before 1700', 1920 p. 36 In English *Gabriel de Foigny. '' The Southern Land, Known'' (La Terre Australe connue, 1676). Trans. and ed. David Fausett. Syracuse UP, 1993 References *Everett F. BleilerFrench Voyages into Imaginary Lands in: Science Fiction Studies # 63 = Volume 21, Part 2 = July 1994 *Geoffroy Atkinson,'' The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature Before 1700'', 1920 (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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