The southern land, known / Gabriel de Foigny ; translated and edited by David Fausett.
The southern land, known / Gabriel de Foigny ; translated and edited by David Fausett.
The southern land, known / Gabriel de Foigny ; translated and edited by David Fausett.
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Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1993.
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Date
1993.
Call Numbers
T0370391
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Language
English
French
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Physical Description
Physical content
l, 152 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1993.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1993.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The narrator braves a long sea journey, raging storms, shipwrecks, giant whales, and high-flying creatures that try to eat him - all to reach the mysterious Austral utopia. Peopled by hermaphrodites, Foigny's Australia is a society in which distinctions of both class and gender have been abolished. It includes, among other things, an indictment of...
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The southern land, known / Gabriel de Foigny ; translated and edited by David Fausett.
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Notes
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Utopianism and communitarianism.
Translation of: La terre australe connue.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-152).
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 910.4/123.
Transferred from K0008591.
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T0370391
Record Identifier
74VMBkKgbblM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBkKgbblM
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ISBN
0815625715 (cloth alk. paper)
9780815625711 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815625715 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815625711 (cloth alk. paper)
DDC
910.4
MMS ID
991002469829702626
