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"