The Cream of the Jest (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Branch Cabell
- First Published: 1917
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Fantasy
- Subjects: Love or romance, South or Southerners, Authors or writers, Fantasy, Imagination, Middle age, Chivalry
- Locales: Virginia
Places Discussed
Poictesme (PWA-tem). Imaginary medieval French realm whose name is derived from the cities of Poictiers (modern Poitiers) and Angoulesme (modern Angoulême), although it lies in the south of France, along the Mediterranean coast, on the Gulf of Lions. It corresponds geographically to the modern district of Gard, overlapping Herault and Bouches-Du-Rhone. It is a central location in many works of James Branch Cabell’s eighteen-volume Biography of the Life of Manuel (1927- 1930), the story of the pig-keeper who ruled Poictesme and of how his “life”...
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