Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice [Limited Edition]
by CABELL, James Branch (author); Frank C. Papé (artist); Hugh Walpole (intro.)
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
"Jurgen is a pawnbroker caught between romantic and cynical world views: a would be poet...after gaining his reckless wish to be rid of a nagging wife, he finds himself the poorer for it, and sets out to make good his loss. His quest ranges through various scenarios borrowed from history, myth and fiction involving many allegorical figures." BARRON 3-67.
Synopsis
"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice," an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. Cabell himself wrote: "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Jurgen was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel and a worthy addition to the Wildside Fantasy Classics line.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53399
- Title
- Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice [Limited Edition]
- Author
- CABELL, James Branch (author); Frank C. Papé (artist); Hugh Walpole (intro.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK Edition, Limited
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
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