the once-controversial novel "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice"

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"Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice" is a 1919 fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell, famed for its witty, allegorical exploration of morality and sexuality that led to an obscenity trial and later recognition as a classic of American fantasy literature.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author James Branch Cabell ⓘ
censorshipStatus once banned in some jurisdictions ⓘ
containsElement parody of chivalric romance ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
time travel-like journeys ⓘ
visits to mythic realms ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception initially controversial ⓘ
later recognized as a classic of American fantasy literature ⓘ
genre comic fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Anaitis ⓘ
Devil ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

Guenevere ⓘ
linked to: Queen Guinevere

Helen of Troy ⓘ
Queen Dolores of the White Cliff ⓘ
hasSetting fictional province of Poictesme ⓘ
influenced later American fantasy writers ⓘ
influencedBy folklore ⓘ
medieval romance ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
legalIssue obscenity charges ⓘ
legalOutcome acquitted ⓘ
literaryMovement American fantasy literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Jurgen ⓘ
linked to: Jürgen
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor allegorical exploration of morality ⓘ
allegorical exploration of sexuality ⓘ
controversial sexual innuendo ⓘ
use of double entendres ⓘ
witty prose ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf James Branch Cabell’s Poictesme cycle ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
protagonistOccupation pawnbroker ⓘ
publicationYear 1919 ⓘ
publisher Robert M. McBride & Company ⓘ
setting mythic version of medieval Europe ⓘ
subjectOf obscenity trial ⓘ
theme marriage ⓘ
morality ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
the nature of justice ⓘ
the search for meaning ⓘ
titleExplainedAs a comic examination of justice in human affairs ⓘ

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James Branch Cabell → notableFor → the once-controversial novel "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice" ⓘ