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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 clearthat 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.

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Chapter 1 Editor's Introduction Chapter 2 A Note on the Text Chapter 3 Volume I Chapter 4 Volume II Chapter 5 Volume III Chapter 6 Volume IV

Modern Chivalry Containing the Adventures of

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    Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Publication Date: 10/22/2003 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780742534032, 978-0742534032
    ISBN10: 0742534030
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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 clearthat 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.

    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1 Editor's Introduction Chapter 2 A Note on the Text Chapter 3 Volume I Chapter 4 Volume II Chapter 5 Volume III Chapter 6 Volume IV

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