Heutelia
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Heutelia is a German
book about a journey through Switzerland
, published anonymously in 1658, and attributed to Hans Franz Veiras. It is notable as a work of baroque
literature and as a critical account of social conditions in seventeenth-century Switzerland.
The book consists of fewer than 300 octavo pages. The title page, besides omitting the author's name, does not indicate where or by whom it was published. The book has been incorrectly ascribed to Jakob von Graviseth.
The title, Heutelia, is an anagram
of Helvetia, the Latin name of Switzerland. The invented name also evokes a Greek
adjective meaning "with a full udder," thus playing on stereotypes of the Swiss as a nation of cowherds.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
book about a journey through Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, published anonymously in 1658, and attributed to Hans Franz Veiras. It is notable as a work of baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
literature and as a critical account of social conditions in seventeenth-century Switzerland.
The book consists of fewer than 300 octavo pages. The title page, besides omitting the author's name, does not indicate where or by whom it was published. The book has been incorrectly ascribed to Jakob von Graviseth.
The title, Heutelia, is an anagram
Anagram
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...
of Helvetia, the Latin name of Switzerland. The invented name also evokes a Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
adjective meaning "with a full udder," thus playing on stereotypes of the Swiss as a nation of cowherds.