Author: Edgar E. MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"Rumors ... that certain young men carried their pleasures into forbidden realms" at William and Mary, p.68-74.
James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia
Author: Edgar E. MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"Rumors ... that certain young men carried their pleasures into forbidden realms" at William and Mary, p.68-74.
Branchiana
Author: C.J. BranchPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875147784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
Author: James Branch CabellJurgen: a Comedy of Justice Illustrated
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a fantasy novel by American writer James Branch Cabell, which gained fame (or notoriety) shortly after its publication in 1919. It is a humorous romp through a medieval cosmos, including a send-up of Arthurian legend, and excursions to Heaven and Hell as in The Divine Comedy. Cabell's work is recognized as a landmark in the creation of the comic fantasy novel, influencing Terry Pratchett and many others.
Let Me Lie
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
When Let Me Lie was first published in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title. Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paean to the old South. Readers of this new paperback edition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. Let Me Lie is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly written historical narrative of Virginia from 1559 to 1946--focusing on Tidewater, Richmond, and the Northern Neck--but as a fictional scholar remarks in the book, Cabell's history is "both accurate and injudicious." Virginia's story of itself, Cabell claims, depends on illusion and myth, and his skill as a satirist allows him to construct and deflate these myths simultaneously. Ranging from Don Luis de Velasco and Captain John Smith to Edgar Allan Poe and Ellen Glasgow, from Confederate heroes to the oddities of the post-Civil War Old Dominion, Let Me Lie remains compulsively readable, as history, entertainment, or both.
Branchiana; Being a Partial Account of the Branch Family in Virginia
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015485136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Silver Stallion
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Satiric and symbolic romance in which Manuel's widow institutes the cult of the Redeemer of Poictesme.
Figures of Earth
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Figures of Earth is the second installment in James Branch Cabell’s Biography of the Life of Manuel, set in the imaginary province of Poictesme. Young Manuel is a simple, well-liked swineherd who is often seen continually reshaping a small figure he made from the marsh clay from the pool of Haranton. One day, a stranger appears and tells Manuel of an adventure to save the Count of Arnaye’s daughter from a wizard who carried her off to the gray mountain called Vraidex. Manuel accepts this adventure (and many more that follow)—and his life will never be the same. The book was originally published in 1921 and was dedicated to “six most gallant champions,” each of whom were real persons who came to Cabell’s defense during the legal battle over alleged obscenity in his previous novel, Jurgen. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The Majors and Their Marriages
Author: James Branch CabellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Voices of Freedom
Author: Henry HamptonPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307574180
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”—The New York Times Book Review A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and others, weaving a fascinating narrative of the civil rights movement told by the people who lived it Join brave and terrified youngsters walking through a jeering mob and up the steps of Central High School in Little Rock. Listen to the vivid voices of the ordinary people who manned the barricades, the laborers, the students, the housewives without whom there would have been no civil rights movements at all. In this remarkable oral history, Henry Hampton, creator and executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize, and Steve Fayer, series writer, bring to life the country’s great struggle for civil rights as no conventional narrative can. You will hear the voices of those who defied the blackjacks, who went to jail, who witnessed and policed the movement; of those who stood for and against it—voices from the heart of America.