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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 great value to all interested in American history and literature.
| Published | Oct 22 2003 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 336 |
| ISBN | 9780742534032 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Dimensions | 216 x 143 mm |
| Series | Masterworks of Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
