Heutelia

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. [Citation
first = Werner Paul
last = Friederich
contribution = Jakob von Graviseth's Heutelia
journal = PMLA
volume = 52
issue = 4
year = 1937
pages = 1062-1071.]

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. [Citation
first = Guillaume van
last = Gemert
editor-last = Enklaar
editor-first = Jattie
editor2-last = Ester
editor2-first = Hans
contribution = Kuhschweizer und Butterfresser. Schweizer Befindlichkeit und Leitbilder schweizerischer Zukunftsorientierung in Hans Franz Veiras' "Heutelia" (1658)
title = Vivat Helvetia: Die Herausforderung einer nationalen Identität
year = 1998
pages = 127-128
place = Amsterdam
publisher = Rodopi
isbn = 9789042006744]

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