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Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice

by James Branch Cabell

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ISBN13: 9781592240616
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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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"Jurgen, " an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. The book was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel.
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lisa_emily, June 12, 2008 (view all comments by lisa_emily)
A bawdy novel in a fairy tale form about a 40 year old poet/pawnbroker who is given back youth to travel for a year to imaginary places. He begins his journey with the pretense of searching for his disappeared wife. He goes to heaven and hell and marries three other women.

Jurgen was brought to trial for obscenity in 1919 for some obscure passages that may have referred to sex. The real reason may have been because of the novel's questioning of religion and dogma. Because of its notoriety, Cabell was launched into fame which included critical appreciation- he was also friends with H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, among others; and he was read by Mark Twain. After the 30s, however, Cabell's fame slipped and he has had more of a cult readership these days; although his works inspired Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, and he is cited as an influence by Neil Gaiman.

Jurgen is a tale of a mid-life crisis. The main character questions the value of relationships and suffers illusion's unveiling of love, marriage and youth. In the end he has a better understanding of life….maybe. There are many subtle things in this story, maybe too subtle for the contemporary reader.
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ISBN:
9781592240616
Author:
Cabell, James Branch
Publisher:
Borgo Press
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fiction-Historical - General
Subject:
Fiction-Classics
Publication Date:
December 2002
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Language:
English
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