Modern Chivalry
Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Reagan, His Servant
Like Don Quixote, Sterne's Tristram Shandy, and Fielding's Tom Jones, Modern Chivalry is a tale of adventuring, episodic and exciting. Despite the author's European inspirations, it is a distinctively American book, not just because of its homespun, native characters and slapstick humor, but also because it is a narrative of journeying and questing. As it follows Captain Farrago and his sidekick on their travels, the book's premise becomes clear-that democracy as practiced in America is valuable and worthy, but that it is subject to malfunctions when tinkered with by unfit men. A pointed caricature of American life, Modern Chivalry will be of…
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Weitere Autoren: Leary, Lewis (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7425-3403-2
- EAN: 9780742534032
- Produktnummer: 20936970
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.9 cm 450 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 450
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