Jonathan the Visionary

By X.B. Saintine

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612277519
• ISBN13: 9781612277516
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Hollywood Comics
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"