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'''''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice''''' is a 1919 novel by Creator/JamesBranchCabell. It was the subject of an obscenity trial beginning in 1920. It has since been hugely influential in the genre of comic fantasy.
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'''''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice''''' is a 1919 fantasy novel by American writer Creator/JamesBranchCabell. Itwas is a humorous romp through a medieval cosmos, including a send-up of [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]], and excursions to Heaven and Hell as in Literature/TheDivineComedy.
The novel quickly became infamous after thesubject [[MoralGuardians New York Society for the Suppression of an Vice]] attempted to bring a prosecution against Cabell for obscenity trial beginning in 1920. It has since been hugely influential 1920, resulting in the genre printing plates being seized. The case lasted for two years which Cabell and his publisher, Robert Mc Bride, ultimately won. A 1923 reissue of the novel included a new "lost chapter" which satirized the whole affair.
Cabell's work is recognized as a landmark in the creation of the comicfantasy.
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'''''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice''''' is a 1919 fantasy novel by American writer Creator/JamesBranchCabell. It
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* TakeThat: The 1923 reissue of the novel contains a new "lost chapter" in which Jurgen is put on trial by the Philistines, with a large dung-beetle as the prosecutor. One guess who they're supposed to represent.
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* KingBobTheNth: Jurgen's ruse to gain entrance to Heaven is to claim to be Pope John XX, there being [[UsefulNotes/ThePope nobody]] to contradict that claim.
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!! ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice'' contains examples of:
* BlasphemousBoast: Jurgen boasts, "I am a monstrous clever fellow, and can walk widdershins 'round all the gods and godlets."
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the Hell the protagonist visits is based on his father's opinion of what Hell should be like.
* LovingAShadow: Nessus takes Jurgen to a garden inhabited only by imaginary creatures, including fairies, centaurs, and "all the women that any man has ever loved."
* TheShadowKnows: The judgmental supernatural being Sereda attaches her own shadow to the title character in place of his own, to keep an eye on his behavior. However, Jurgen spots this and, before doing anything which Sereda would consider immoral, carefully puts out all the lights, so there is no shadow around to take notes.
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Jurgen learns it so hard that he walks up to his true love's bed, lifts the cover, and leaves her sleeping. He is, after all, a monstrous clever fellow.
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!! ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice'' contains examples of:
* BlasphemousBoast: Jurgen boasts, "I am a monstrous clever fellow, and can walk widdershins 'round all the gods and godlets."
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the Hell the protagonist visits is based on his father's opinion of what Hell should be like.
* LovingAShadow: Nessus takes Jurgen to a garden inhabited only by imaginary creatures, including fairies, centaurs, and "all the women that any man has ever loved."
* TheShadowKnows: The judgmental supernatural being Sereda attaches her own shadow to the title character in place of his own, to keep an eye on his behavior. However, Jurgen spots this and, before doing anything which Sereda would consider immoral, carefully puts out all the lights, so there is no shadow around to take notes.
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Jurgen learns it so hard that he walks up to his true love's bed, lifts the cover, and leaves her sleeping. He is, after all, a monstrous clever fellow.
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