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Captive of the Castle of Sennaar : An African Tale.
Title:
Captive of the Castle of Sennaar : An African Tale.
Author:
Cumberland, George A.
ISBN:
9780773562356
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (416 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The History of The Captive Parts 1 and 2 and the Bases of the Present Text -- THE CAPTIVE OF THE CASTLE OF SENNAAR -- Part 1 The Sophians -- Part 2 The Reformed -- I: Death of Lycas and Escape of Memmo -- II: Flight in the Wilderness -- III: The Egyptian Tomb -- IV: Capture by Arabs -- V: Guest of Negroes -- VI: Arrival of the Giaours -- VII: Departure with the Jovinians -- VIII: Arrival in Jovinia -- IX: Institutions and Customs of Jovinia -- X: Journey to Council of Elders -- XI: Arrival in Capital -- XII: The Cenobite -- XIII: The Laws and Ideals of Jovinia -- XIV: The Flood -- XV: Missionary Proposal -- XVI: Preparation for Mission -- XVII: Conversion of Negro Tribe -- XVIII: Tempting the Desert -- XIX: Sailing from Alexandria -- XX: Arrival in Venice -- XXI: Retreat to Aronzo -- XXII: Reform -- Notes to the Text -- Epilogue: The Geography of The Captive and the Historical Contexts of the Sophians, the Jovinians, and Memmo -- Appendix 1 Substantive Emendations to the Text of The Captive Part 1 -- Appendix 2 Description of the Manuscript of Part 2 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The first part, set on an island in central Africa among descendants of classical Greek civilization, was printed in 1789 but immediately suppressed by Cumberland. A passage describing society everywhere except on the utopian island as oligarchic and unjust was deemed by his lawyer to be potentially seditious; the novel was only published a decade later, and then in revised form. The second part, set in central Africa's Mountains of the Moon among descendants of followers of a fourth-century Christian heretic, is published here for the first time.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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