Let Me Lie - Cabell, James Branch
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When "Let Me Lie" was firstpublished in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title.Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paeanto the old South. Readers of this new paperbackedition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. "Let MeLie" is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly writtenhistorical narrative of Virginia from 1559 to 1946--focusing on Tidewater, Richmond, and the Northern Neck--but as a fictional scholar remarks in the book, Cabell'shistory is "both accurate and injudicious." Virginia's story of itself, Cabellclaims,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
When "Let Me Lie" was firstpublished in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title.Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paeanto the old South. Readers of this new paperbackedition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. "Let MeLie" is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly writtenhistorical narrative of Virginia from 1559 to 1946--focusing on Tidewater, Richmond, and the Northern Neck--but as a fictional scholar remarks in the book, Cabell'shistory is "both accurate and injudicious." Virginia's story of itself, Cabellclaims, depends on illusion and myth, and his skill as a satirist allows him toconstruct and deflate these myths simultaneously. Ranging from Don Luis de Velascoand Captain John Smith to Edgar Allan Poe and Ellen Glasgow, from Confederate heroesto the oddities of the post-Civil War Old Dominion, "Let MeLie" remains compulsively readable, as history, entertainment, orboth.
Autorenporträt
American writer James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is renowned for his original works of satire and fantasy fiction from the early 20th century. Cabell, who was born in Richmond, Virginia on April 14, 1879, was raised in the South and went to the College of William & Mary. Southern literary heritage affected his early efforts. Cabell's ambitious effort, "The Biography of Manuel," a sequence of connected novels that delve into the fictional mediaeval land of Poictesme, brought him literary renown. "Figures of Earth" (1921) is one of the series' noteworthy pieces. Combining fantasy, romance, and philosophical aspects, Cabell's writing frequently questions social standards and delves into the intricacies of human nature. Although Cabell's writings were praised by critics for their humour and inventiveness, some of them were suppressed because of their allegedly divisive themes. In spite of this, he kept up his prolific writing and rose to prominence in early 20th-century American literary circles. "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice" (1919), one of Cabell's latter works, garnered him not only notoriety but also controversy. His popularity as a writer declined with time, but due to his distinctive satirical and fantastical fusion, readers are becoming more interested in his writing.