Canopus in Argos: Archives
| Title | Canopus in Argos: Archives
The sentimental agents in the Volyen Empire |
|---|---|
| Author | Doris Lessing |
| Publication | Grafton |
| Size | 220p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0586060502 |
| Topics |
English fiction--Science fiction Alien encounters--Fiction Planets, extrasolar--Fiction |
| Notes | The book comprises a set of documents that describe the final days of the Volyen Empire, located at the edge of our galaxy and under the influence of three other galactic empires, the benevolent Canopus, the tyrannical Sirius, and the malicious Shammat of Puttiora. The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is a social satire written in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and George Orwell, and focuses on the debasement of language in political rhetoric. In Lessing's fictional universe it is propaganda that keeps the fragile empires afloat, and when language becomes too distorted, some of her characters succumb to a condition called "undulant rhetoric" and are placed in a Hospital for Rhetorical Diseases. [wikipedia] |
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