["The Vision of Mirzah"]

Title["The Vision of Mirzah"]
Year for Search1711
AuthorsAddison, Joseph(1672-1719)
Secondary TitleThe Spectator
Volume / Edition2.150
Pagination[317-18]
Date PublishedSeptember 1, 1711
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Allegory that presents heaven as a eutopia composed of islands that are "the Mansions of good Men after Death." "Every Island is a Paradise accommodated to its respective Inhabitants." Described as the first vision, but no more were published.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Spectator (Edinburgh, Scot.: Ptd. R. Fleming, 1753), 277-81; and in The Spectator. Ed. Donald F. Bond. 5 vols. (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1965), 2: 121-26.

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Author Note

(1672-1719

Full Text

1711 Addison, Joseph  (1672-1719). [“The Vision of Mirzah”]. The Spectator 2.150 (September 1, 1711): [317-18]. Rpt. in The Spectator (Edinburgh, Scot.: Ptd. R. Fleming, 1753), 277-81; and in The Spectator. Ed. Donald F. Bond. 5 vols. (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1965), 2: 121-26. O, PSt

Allegory that presents heaven as a eutopia composed of islands that are “the Mansions of good Men after Death.” “Every Island is a Paradise accommodated to its respective Inhabitants.” Described as the first vision, but no more were published.