20 Lost World Classics

di J. Allan Dunn (Autore)

Edward Bulwer Lytton (Autore)

Samuel Butler (Autore)

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e-artnow, 2024

20 Lost World Classics gathers a capacious tradition of speculative adventure in which concealed continents, vanished civilizations, prehistoric survivals, and utopian or dystopian enclaves become laboratories for wonder and critique. Across romances, voyages extraordinaires, Gothic fantasies, satires, scientific fictions, and imperial adventure narratives, the volume traces the lost-world motif from early modern imaginative travel to twentieth-century pulp-inflected extravagance. Its memorable descents beneath the earth, encounters with isolated peoples, and expeditions into unmapped regions reveal both the exhilaration and the ideological tensions of discovery literature. The contributors represent a remarkable cross-section of British, American, and European popular and canonical writing. Their work intersects with Victorian scientific romance, imperial romance, Gothic terror, utopian speculation, Darwinian debate, and the emerging conventions of science fiction and fantasy. Together, these varied voices demonstrate how the "unknown" could serve as a setting for anthropological curiosity, social satire, technological prophecy, racial anxiety, ecological imagination, and pure narrative suspense. The anthology's chronological and stylistic breadth makes the lost world visible not as a fixed formula but as an evolving cultural fantasy. Recommended for students and general readers alike, this collection offers an exceptional single-volume introduction to a foundational imaginative tradition. Readers will find abundant material for comparing narrative methods, historical assumptions, and competing visions of exploration, while enjoying the sustained dialogue among adventure, criticism, terror, and marvel. James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder poses tantalizing puzzles about an isolated land ruled by inverted values, and Edward Bulwer Lytton's The Coming Race envisions a subterranean society wielding extraordinary power. Also included are William Scott-Elliot's The Lost Lemuria, Charles John Cutcliffe's The Lost Continent, Samuel Butler's Erewhon, J. Allan Dunn's The Treasure of Atlantis, David Franklin Powell's The Wolf-Men, Will N. Harben's The Land of the Changing Sun, and Carlton Dawe's The Golden Lake, each pushing the boundaries of imagination. These tales speak to the spirit of exploration within us all. Dare to venture into their hidden worlds, and discover the stories that shaped our collective sense of wonder—where myth, mystery, and magic converge in the grand tapestry of the unknown.

• Autore: J. Allan Dunn, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Samuel Butler
• Anno edizione: 2024
• Editore: e-artnow
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 4066339592896