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Modern Chivalry

Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Reagan, His Servant

Hugh Henry Brackenridge author Lewis Leary editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:22nd Oct '03

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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.

ISBN: 9780742534032

Dimensions: 216mm x 143mm x 25mm

Weight: 426g

336 pages