Jurgen

ISBN-13: 9781544086545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 270 str.

James Branch Cabell

Opis

TO BURTON RASCOE Before each tarradiddle, Uncowed by sciolists, Robuster persons twiddle Tremendously big fists. -Our gods are good, - they tell us; -Nor will our gods defer Remission of rude fellows' Ability to err.- So this, your JURGEN, travels Content to compromise Ordainments none unravels Explicitly ... and sighs. -Others, with better moderation, do either entertain the vulgar history of Jurgen as a fabulous addition unto the true and authentic story of St. Iurgenius of Poictesme, or else we conceive the literal acception to be a misconstruction of the symbolical expression: apprehending a veritable history, in an emblem or piece of Christian poesy. And this emblematical construction hath been received by men not forward to extenuate the acts of saints.