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A Comedy Of Appearances

by James Branch Cabell
language: english
Publisher: Mint Editions, August of 2021 ‧
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Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances (1921) is a comic fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme, Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances is one of Cabell’s best-known works of fiction, and is included in a series of novels, essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. "They of Poictesme narrate that in the old days when miracles were as common as fruit pies, young Manuel was a swineherd, living modestly in attendance upon the miller''s pigs. They tell also that Manuel was content enough: he knew not of the fate which was reserved for him." Unsatisfied with life as a lowly swineherd, Manuel follows his heart in pursuit of place where true happiness exists. A proponent of medieval chivalry, he encounters gods and goddesses, kings and queens, as he passes from one otherworldly realm to the next. As the chains of the past begin to fall away, Manuel discovers that through determination and valor, he can excel the circumstances of his humble birth. Set in a fictionalized France of the 13th century, Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances is a captivating story of fantasy and adventurer featuring a flawed hero whose mythical world is not entirely different from our own. Cabell’s work has long been described as escapist, his novels and stories derided as fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To read Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances, however, is to understand that the issues therein—the struggle for power, the unspoken distance between men and women—were vastly important not only at the time of its publication, but in our own, divisive world. This edition of James Branch Cabell’s Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.

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Figures Of Earth

A Comedy Of Appearances

by James Branch Cabell

Property Description
ISBN: 9781513297200
Publisher: Mint Editions
Release Date: August of 2021
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Collection: Mint Editions (Fantasy And Fairytale)
Categories: eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781513297200
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell (1879-1959), nasceu em Richmond, Virgínia, no seio de uma antiga família sulista de tradição colonial. Depois de concluir os estudos superiores na famosa Universidade William and Mary, foi ali professor de grego e francês antigo, profissão que, porém, depois trocaria pela de jornalista. Em 1904, publica o seu primeiro romance, The Eagle's Shadow, granjeando desde logo enorme estima por parte dos seus pares. Seguir-se-ão, a um ritmo sempre crescente, muitos outros: The Cords of Vanity (1909), The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck (1915), The Certain Hour (1916), The Cream of the Jest (1917) , Beyond Life (1919); mas a fama deste autor ficaria para sempre ligada à controvérsia despoletada aquando da publicação de Jurgen (1919), romance alvo de censura nos Estados-Unidos alegadamente devido à sua forte simbologia sexual. Nos seus livros, Cabell alia um profundo conhecimento da História, sobretudo clássica e medieval, com o uso da ironia aliado a um forte sentido satírico, para compor universos ficcionais muito próximos do universo fantástico (são célebres as suas genealogias de reinos medievais inventados), porém, conservando sempre uma visão crítica do presente.
James Cabell Branch foi, sobretudo até aos anos 40 do século XX, um dos autores mais elogiados e amados pelo público-leitor, granjeando igualmente a profunda admiração de escritores como Mark Twain (que dele dizia escrever apenas obras-primas) ou Sinclair Lewis. No entanto, toda esta fama caiu abruptamente no esquecimento a que o autor foi relegado no pós-guerra, que levaria Alfred Kazin a afirmar que «Hitler e Cabell não habitam no mesmo universo», numa clara referência à brusca modificação do gosto literário para tendências mais aderentes às novas realidades da época como principal motivo para o afastamento do público.
Não obstante todo o esquecimento a que foi votado, ou da actual dificuldade em encontrar os seus livros e da ausência de traduções noutras línguas, James Branch Cabell continua a ser um dos nomes cimeiros da literatura norte-americana, que a Cavalo de Ferro agora se orgulha de apresentar pela primeira vez aos leitores portugueses.

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