Odd John
2021 Facsimile of the 1935 Edition. This 1935 science fiction novel explores the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably leads to conflict with normal human society and to the destruction of the utopian colony founded by John and other superhumans. The novel resonates with the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and the work of English writer J. D. Beresford, with an allusion to Beresford's superhuman child character of Victor Stott in The Hampdenshire Wonder (1911). As the devoted narrator remarks, John does not feel obliged to observe the restricted morality of Homo sapi…
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- ISBN: 978-1-946963-49-9
- EAN: 9781946963499
- Produktnummer: 35656873
- Verlag: Albatross Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.2 cm 334 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 334
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