Miranda (novel)
Miranda is a novel written by Antoni Lange in 1924. It was the last great work of Lange before he died , and his most famous book today. It is said that Miranda is an "occultic fiction" and a "romance ranked to a philosophical treaty". The novel is also known as "novelty writing" which conciliates dystopia and utopia. It is a matter of opinion to classify the novel to modernism or interwar period. Explanation of the novel's title The title of the novel refers to the person of Miranda from Shakespeare's play called The Tempest. Miranda is also full of allusions to many classics such as: Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells, The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella, Lenore by Edgar Allan Poe, Genezis z Ducha by Juliusz Słowacki, poems by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, writings of Friedrich Nietzsche (criticism of concept of the Übermensch), Arthur Schopenhauer, Plato and Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Plot summary The novel tells about ideal civilisation of powerful mages which have invited paranormal skills like telepathy, levitation and mediumism. The Brahmins value anarchy, freedom, peace, free love and anti-work. Their country is organized by Ministry of Love, Ministry of Power and Ministry