Erewhon (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Erewhon》(英語表記)Erewhon
Erewhon (English spelling)

…He also shocked the world by announcing (1897) his theory that the author of the Odyssey, now known as Homer's work, was a woman. However, his forte was literature, especially the creation of novels, and in 1872 he published Erewhon. The title is a nearly reversed version of the word "nowhere," and it is a satirical novel set in Utopia (a Greek word meaning "nowhere"). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Erewhon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またホメロス作として現在知られている《オデュッセイア》の作者は女性であったという説を発表(1897)して,世間を驚かせた。しかし,彼の本領は文学,とくに小説の創作であって,72年に《エレホンErewhon》を発表した。表題はnowhere(どこにもない)のつづりをほぼ逆にしたもので,ユートピア(ギリシア語に由来する語〈どこにもない場所〉の意)を舞台にした風刺小説である。…

※「《Erewhon》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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