Description - A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) by James De Mille
In De Mille’s most popular and admired work, four Victorian gentlemen read and debate the meaning of a manuscript of mysterious origin. The manuscript recounts Antarctic explorer Adam More’s adventures with the Kosekin, a lost civilization with values opposite the civilized norm—they love death, darkness, abjection, and poverty. Their society may be suited to their particular evolution, but the British characters find it profoundly disconcerting. The introduction brings to life De Mille's genre innovations and his use of Orientalist and colonialist discourse. Appendices situate the novel in terms of its immediate reception, other satirical and scientific romance, Antarctic exploration, and contemporary geology.
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder: A satiric and fantastic romance by James De Mille
