Brunt, Captain Samuel
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of the unidentified author (? - ) of A Voyage to Cacklogallinia; with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of that Country (1727); the facsimile edition of this rare text (1940), with an introduction by Marjorie Nicolson, is useful; the novel itself, best understood as a Satire on British politics, commerce and culture, takes Captain Brunt first to an unknown Caribbean Island inhabited by immense talking fowl – making this a Beast Fable [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below] – and then to the Moon, which turns out to be a Posthumous Fantasy [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below] venue in which the spirits of humans for Earth await further passage god-wards. The satire throughout is sharp but statically expressed. [JC]
see also: Money.
"Captain Samuel Brunt"
born
works
- A Voyage to Cacklogallinia; with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of that Country (London: J Watson, 1727) [binding unknown/]
- A Voyage to Cacklogallinia; with a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of that Country (New York: Columbia University Press, 1940) [facsimile of the above with introduction by Marjorie Nicolson: hb/]
links
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Beast Fable; Posthumous Fantasy.
- Picture Gallery
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