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23%OFFBrackenridge H - Modern Chivalry - 9780872209923 - V9780872209923
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Modern Chivalry

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Description for Modern Chivalry Relating the misadventures of Captain Farrago and his sidekick, Teague O Regan, this novel covers the major ethnic, racial, religious, or political issues of the twenty-eight year period beginning with Washington's presidency ending with that of Madison. Editor(s): White, Ed. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 948.

It was only after serving as a chaplain in the American Revolution, playing an important role in the Whiskey Rebellion, and serving (often controversially) on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, that Hugh Henry Brackenridge composed his great comic epic. Published in installments over the twenty-eight–year period beginning with Washington's presidency ending with that of Madison, this irreverent and ribald novel, relating the misadventures of Captain Farrago and his sidekick, Teague O'Regan, leaves no major ethnic, racial, religious, or political issue of the period unscathed.

Product Details

Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
Number of Pages
626
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872209923
SKU
V9780872209923
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About Brackenridge H
Ed White is Associate Professor of English, University of Florida.

Reviews for Modern Chivalry
"Modern Chivalry is a singularly rich and undeniably important American novel, and Ed White's magnificent new edition does it superb credit. It is at once a bold literary experiment and an incisive social document; its formal adventurousness is matched by its searching political commentary. White's meticulous editing and annotation, and his superb Introduction and interpretive apparatus, make this an edition ... Read more

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