Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice

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"Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice" is a 1919 satirical fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell, known for its witty, irreverent exploration of morality, sexuality, and myth that famously provoked an obscenity trial.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
alternateTitle Jurgen ⓘ
linked to: Jürgen
author James Branch Cabell ⓘ
censorshipStatus subject to attempted suppression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
features allegorical characters ⓘ
parody of Arthurian legend ⓘ
parody of classical mythology ⓘ
format print ⓘ
genre comic fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Frank C. Papé ⓘ
hasObscenityTrial yes ⓘ
influenced modern fantasy literature ⓘ
satirical fantasy writers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalCaseInvolved obscenity trial brought by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice ⓘ
literaryMovement early 20th-century American fantasy ⓘ
mainCharacter Jurgen ⓘ
linked to: Jürgen
mediaType book ⓘ
narrativeStyle humorous ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
notableFor irreverent treatment of religion and myth ⓘ
obscenity controversy ⓘ
witty exploration of morality and sexuality ⓘ
partOfSeries Poictesme cycle ⓘ
linked to: Poictesme
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
protagonistOccupation pawnbroker ⓘ
publicationYear 1919 ⓘ
publisher Robert M. McBride & Company ⓘ
setting Poictesme ⓘ
structure picaresque journey ⓘ
subject marriage ⓘ
middle age ⓘ
morality ⓘ
myth ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
theme compromise between desire and duty ⓘ
critique of prudery ⓘ
satire of conventional morality ⓘ
the nature of justice ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition World War I era ⓘ
linked to: World War I
tone satirical ⓘ
trialOutcome acquittal ⓘ

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James Branch Cabell → notableWork → Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice ⓘ