The Captive of the Castle of Sennaar is a utopian novel in two parts. In this scholarly edition, G.E. Bentley, Jr, places George Cumberland's late eighteenth-century work among the earliest historical novels in English and identifies it as a rare example of the "Romantic novel." He shows that while each part of the work adopts a very different form of utopia, the two utopias complement and modify one another. He also shows the work to be unusual for the sexual and political freedom encouraged and the Christian fundamentalism advocated, as well as for its setting, in lands never visited by Europeans at the time of writing.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 823/.6
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773562356 0773507426
- LCCN
- PR4519.C85
- LCCN Item number
- C37 1991eb
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- 1 electronic text (liii, 361 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Illustrations 9
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 14
- The History of The Captive Parts 1 and 2 and the Bases of the Present Text 44
- THE CAPTIVE OF THE CASTLE OF SENNAAR 56
- Part 1 The Sophians 56
- Part 2 The Reformed 150
- I: Death of Lycas and Escape of Memmo 156
- II: Flight in the Wilderness 162
- III: The Egyptian Tomb 165
- IV: Capture by Arabs 172
- V: Guest of Negroes 180
- VI: Arrival of the Giaours 184
- VII: Departure with the Jovinians 187
- VIII: Arrival in Jovinia 192
- IX: Institutions and Customs of Jovinia 201
- X: Journey to Council of Elders 213
- XI: Arrival in Capital 234
- XII: The Cenobite 247
- XIII: The Laws and Ideals of Jovinia 264
- XIV: The Flood 273
- XV: Missionary Proposal 282
- XVI: Preparation for Mission 294
- XVII: Conversion of Negro Tribe 299
- XVIII: Tempting the Desert 304
- XIX: Sailing from Alexandria 315
- XX: Arrival in Venice 323
- XXI: Retreat to Aronzo 330
- XXII: Reform 336
- Notes to the Text 352
- Epilogue: The Geography of The Captive and the Historical Contexts of the Sophians, the Jovinians, and Memmo 362
- Appendix 1 Substantive Emendations to the Text of The Captive Part 1 378
- Appendix 2 Description of the Manuscript of Part 2 404
- Index 408
- A 408
- B 408
- C 409
- D 410
- E 410
- F 410
- G 410
- H 411
- I 411
- J 411
- K 412
- L 412
- M 412
- N 413
- O 413
- P 413
- R 414
- S 414
- T 415
- U 415
- V 415
- W 415
- Y 416
- Z 416
