Overview

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.

ISBN-13

9780742534032

ISBN-10

0742534030

Weight

0.94 Pounds

Dimensions

5.50 x 0.84 x 8.50 In

List Price

$62.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

336 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published On

2003-10-22



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