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The Great Boer War (Paperback)
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The Great Boer War (Paperback)
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The Crock of Gold (1912), one of three original novels by James
Stephens, is a work only a master of fiction and folklore could
imagine. Taking up the major philosophical and psychological
concerns of the early-twentieth century-over a decade before works
by T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf, among others, would
cement literary Modernism's place in history-Stephens' novel is a
groundbreaking and important work. The text centers on the
Philosopher and his wife, the Thin Woman, who undergo a series of
journeys and harrowing trials. Faced with danger both human and
divine, the two characters are forced to weather the winds of
change in order to change themselves. Divided into six books, The
Crock of Gold-no doubt inspired by the Irish oral tradition of
storytelling-follows the Philosopher's quest to save the most
beautiful woman in the world; his encounter with the gods who have
captured her; his return home and arrest for murder (he has been
framed by leprechauns incensed at the loss of their crock of gold);
and finally, the Thin Woman's quest to find the fabled Three
Infinites. James Stephens' The Crock of Gold is perhaps
unparalleled in its ability to weave together ancient narrative
techniques, mythological sources, and such dominant themes of its
day as gender equality and humanity's quest for self-understanding
beyond the traditional boundaries of faith and religion. It is also
a darkly comic novel, full of ironic political commentary and
suspiciously human conversations situated within the animal world.
Most popular of Stephens' works, The Crock of Gold conceals in its
humorous, irreverent outlook a deeply serious, ultimately reverent
love for the human soul-unsurprising for an author whose life was
marked with difficulty from the very beginning. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this new
edition of James Stephens' The Crock of Gold is a classic of Irish
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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