Reviews
Book Review: “Mini-Gems of Scholarship” – Toma Sava’s edition of Henry Neville’s The Isle of Pines
Published 2025-12-30
Keywords
- 21st century editing,
- 17th century travel writing,
- utopia
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How to Cite
Book Review: “Mini-Gems of Scholarship” – Toma Sava’s edition of Henry Neville’s The Isle of Pines. (2025). Papers in Arts and Humanities, 5(2), 133-135. https://doi.org/10.52885/hw5nzk30
Abstract
A book review of an editiion of a 17th century utopia, with references to other 17th century texts (either utopias or dystopias) and editions. The emphasis (and praise) is placed on the work and art of the editor.
References
- Godwin, F. (2023). Omul de pe lună sau expozițiunea unei călătorii înspre acel loc de Domino Gonsalves mesagerul cel iute [The Man in the Moone or A Discourse of a Voyage Thither by Domingo Gonsales] (T. Sava, Ed. & Trans). Tracus Arte.
- Neville, H. (2019). Insula fertilității urmată de periplul lui Simplicissimus prin aproape același loc [The Isle of Pines, or, A late discovery of a fourth island near Terra Australis Incognita] (T. Sava, Ed. & Trans). Tracus Arte.
- Scheckter, J. (2011). The Isle of Pines, 1668: Henry Neville’s Uncertain Utopia. Routledge.