Jonathan the Visionary Contributor(s): Saintine, Xavier B. (Author), Stableford, Brian (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 1612277519 ISBN-13: 9781612277516 Publisher: Hollywood Comics OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical |
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5" W x 8" (1.19 lbs) 504 pages |
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Publisher Description: X. B. Saintine (1978-1865) was a prolific dramatist who collaborated in more than 200 plays with Eug ne Scribe and a noted figure of the Romantic Movement. Jonathan the Visionary (1823) is a collection of fantasy tales told by a mysterious immortal called Jonathan (who is only featured as an active narrator in a few of them). It includes The Story of an Antediluvian Civilization, which retells the history of a civilization from Ethiopia, only a few distant echoes of which survive today. Ranging from prehistorical fantasy to post-apocalypse, it provides a prophetic indication of the manner in which our own civilization might degenerate. The fact that scientific and technological progress is presented here as a symptom of social disease makes Saintine's vision more modern and radical than any of his contemporaries. |