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Cabell, James Branch was born on April 14, 1879 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Gamble and Anne (Branch) Cabell.
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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.
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(Figures of Earth This book was originally published prior...)
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Excerpt from The Line of Love Yes, they are worthy of consideration; but were it not for the kisses of remote years and the high gropings of hearts no longer animate, there would be none to accord them this same consideration, and a void world would teeter about the sun, silent and naked as an orange. Love is an illusion, if you will; but always through this illusion, alone, has the next generation been rendered possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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_As I Remember It_ is a volume of reminiscences, in the most elegant Cabell manner, looking back over his life, his career, and the literary scene of which he was a part. An important source for the study of fantastic literature, and also the literature of the American South.
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Cabell, James Branch was born on April 14, 1879 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Gamble and Anne (Branch) Cabell.
Bachelor of Arts, William and Mary, 1898.
1 son, Ballard Hartwell. M 2d Margaret Waller Freeman, June 15, 1950. Instructor French and Greek, William and Mary, 1896-1897.
Worked in pressroom Richmond (Virginia) Times, 1898.
On staff New York Herald, 1899-1901. On staff Richmond (Virginia) News, 1901.
Engaged in coal-mining in state of West Virginia, 1911-1913. Genealogist Virginia South.R., 1919-1920.
Historian Virginia Society Colonial Wars, 1916-1929, Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1917-1923.
President Virginia Writers’ Club, 1918-1921. Editor The Reviewer, 1921- editor Virginia War History Commission, 1919-1926. Editor The American Spectator, 1932-1935.
(Excerpt from The Line of Love Yes, they are worthy of co...)
(Figures of Earth This book was originally published prior...)
(_As I Remember It_ is a volume of reminiscences, in the m...)
( A middle-aged pawnbroker-poet is allowed to regain his ...)
Member First Families of Virginia, Society of the Cincinnati, Kappa Alpha (Southern), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Priscilla Bradley Shepherd, November 8, 1913 (deceased).
