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Jurgen

James Branch Cabell

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Table of contents
  • Title Page3
  • Bibliographical Note4
  • Copyright Page5
  • Dedication6
  • Epigraph7
  • INTRODUCTION: JURGEN8
  • Table of Contents11
  • A FOREWORD13
  • A FOREWORD - WHICH ASSERTS NOTHING14
  • CHAPTER I - WHY JURGEN DID THE MANLY THING16
  • CHAPTER II - ASSUMPTION OF A NOTED GARMENT17
  • CHAPTER III - THE GARDEN BETWEEN DAWN AND SUNRISE18
  • CHAPTER IV - THE DOROTHY WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND19
  • CHAPTER V - REQUIREMENTS OF BREAD AND BUTTER23
  • CHAPTER VI - SHOWING THAT SEREDA IS FEMININE24
  • CHAPTER VII - OF COMPROMISES ON A WEDNESDAY27
  • CHAPTER VIII - OLD TOYS AND A NEW SHADOW31
  • CHAPTER IX - THE ORTHODOX RESCUE OF GUENEVERE33
  • CHAPTER X - PITIFUL DISGUISES OF THRAGNAR34
  • CHAPTER XI - APPEARANCE OF THE DUKE OF LOGREUS35
  • CHAPTER XII - EXCURSUS OF YOLANDE’S UNDOING36
  • CHAPTER XIII - PHILOSOPHY OF GOGYRVAN GAWR37
  • CHAPTER XIV - PRELIMINARY TACTICS OF DUKE JURGEN39
  • CHAPTER XV - OF COMPROMISES IN GLATHION42
  • CHAPTER XVI - DIVERS IMBROGLIOS OF KING SMOIT44
  • CHAPTER XVII - ABOUT A COCK THAT CROWED TOO SOON47
  • CHAPTER XVIII - WHY MERLIN TALKED IN TWILIGHT49
  • CHAPTER XIX - THE BROWN MAN WITH QUEER FEET51
  • CHAPTER XX - EFFICACY OF PRAYER52
  • CHAPTER XXI - HOW ANAITIS VOYAGED53
  • CHAPTER XXII - AS TO A VEIL THEY BROKE54
  • CHAPTER XXIII - SHORTCOMINGS OF PRINCE JURGEN57
  • CHAPTER XXIV - OF COMPROMISES IN COCAIGNE61
  • CHAPTER XXV - CANTRAPS OF THE MASTER PHILOLOGIST63
  • CHAPTER XXVI - IN TIME’S HOUR-GLASS64
  • CHAPTER XXVII - VEXATIOUS ESTATE OF QUEEN HELEN66
  • CHAPTER XXVIII - OF COMPROMISES IN LEUKÊ69
  • CHAPTER XXIX - CONCERNING HORVENDILE’S NONSENSE73
  • CHAPTER XXX - ECONOMICS OF KING JURGEN76
  • CHAPTER XXXI - THE FALL OF PSEUDOPOLIS77
  • CHAPTER XXXII - SUNDRY DEVICES OF THE PHILISTINES78
  • CHAPTER XXXIII - FAREWELL TO CHLORIS82
  • CHAPTER XXXIV - HOW EMPEROR JURGEN FARED INFERNALLY83
  • CHAPTER XXXV - WHAT GRANDFATHER SATAN REPORTED84
  • CHAPTER XXXVI - WHY COTH WAS CONTRADICTED85
  • CHAPTER XXXVII - INVENTION OF THE LOVELY VAMPIRE87
  • CHAPTER XXXVIII - AS TO APPLAUDED PRECEDENTS88
  • CHAPTER XXXIX - OF COMPROMISES IN HELL91
  • CHAPTER XL - THE ASCENSION OF POPE JURGEN93
  • CHAPTER XLI - OF COMPROMISES IN HEAVEN95
  • CHAPTER XLII - TWELVE THAT ARE FRETTED HOURLY99
  • CHAPTER XLIII - POSTURES BEFORE A SHADOW101
  • CHAPTER XLIV - IN THE MANAGER’S OFFICE105
  • CHAPTER XLV - THE FAITH OF GUENEVERE107
  • CHAPTER XLVI - THE DESIRE OF ANAÏTIS108
  • CHAPTER XLVII - THE VISION OF HELEN109
  • CHAPTER XLVIII - CANDID OPINIONS OF DAME LISA110
  • CHAPTER XLIX - OF THE COMPROMISE WITH KOSHCHEI112
  • CHAPTER L - THE MOMENT THAT DID NOT COUNT115
  • APPENDIX - SOME LADIES AND JURGEN116
Book details
  • Vendor Dover Publications
  • SKU 9780486149592
  • ISBN-13 9780486149592
  • Author James Branch Cabell
  • Category Fiction
  • Subject Classics

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A middle-aged pawnbroker-poet is allowed to regain his youth for a year of amorous adventures in this compelling fantasy. Filled with strange beasts, alien gods, fabulous lands, beautiful ladies, and an aura of the supernatural, Cabel's allegory leads its hero through affairs with Guenevere and the Lady of the Lake as well as confrontations with God and the Devil. The 1919 publication of Jurgen catapulted its author into a position as one of the most enigmatic and controversial literary figures of his era. Critical response ranged from lavish praise to violent denunciations, including attempts to have the novel banned for obscenity. Modern readers consider it a landmark in the history of American fantastic fiction and a successor to the traditions of Rabelais, Sterne, Swift, and Voltaire. Its gentle blend of comedy and irony in a fantastic setting has enchanted generations of readers. This edition features more than a dozen striking full-page illustrations by Frank C. Papé.