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Domnei - A Comedy of Woman-Worship (Paperback)
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Domnei - A Comedy of Woman-Worship (Paperback)
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Loot Price R167
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Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship (1920) is a comic fantasy novel
by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy
collide, where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme,
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship is one of Cabell's best-known
works of fiction, and is included in a series of novels, essays,
and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. "Then
Perion knew that vain regret had turned his brain, very certainly,
for it seemed the door had opened and Dame Melicent herself had
come, warily, into the panelled gloomy room. It seemed that
Melicent paused in the convulsive brilliancy of the firelight, and
stayed thus with vaguely troubled eyes like those of a child newly
wakened from sleep." As the daughter of the legendary Dom Manuel,
Count of Poictesme, Melicent is often seen not for the woman she
is, but as a symbol of an idealized, courtly love. Attracting the
most chivalrous men of the kingdom, she unwittingly sparks a
terrible conflict between Perion de la Foret and Demetrios of
Anatolia, both of whom seem determined to prove their love at any
cost. Set in a fictionalized France of the 13th century, Domnei: A
Comedy of Woman-Worship is a captivating story of fantasy and
adventure featuring a flawed hero whose mythical world is not
entirely different from our own. Cabell's work has long been
described as escapist, his novels and stories derided as fantastic
and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To read Domnei:
A Comedy of Woman-Worship, however, is to understand that the
issues therein-the struggle for power, the unspoken distance
between men and women-were vastly important not only at the time of
its publication, but in our own, divisive world. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of James Branch Cabell's Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship is a
classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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