#james branch cabell

[philosophors]

“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”

— James Branch Cabell

[thefugitivesaint]

Bob Pepper (1938-2019), ''The Silver Stallion'' by James Branch Cabell, 1969 Source

[thebeautifulbook]

THE HIGH PLACE: A COMEDY OF DISENCHANTMENT by James Branch Cabell. (New York: McBride, 1923) Illustrated by Frank C. Papé.

The first edition was limited to 2000 numbered copies. See book for Papé’s delightful spot illustrations and chapter heads. I’ve always felt his endpapers alone were worth the price of admission.

[lost-carcosa]

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ~ James Branch Cabell

[elegantzombielite]

"A book, once it is printed and published, becomes individual. It is by its publication as decisively severed from its author as in parturition a child is cut off from its parent. The book 'means' thereafter, perforce, -- both grammatically and actually, -- whatever meaning this or that reader gets out of it."

James Branch Cabell, novelist, essayist, critic (14 April 1879-1958)

[aziraphalesspock]

The Day I Met Neil

It’s been 15 years now and I still remember this gorgeous day at the 2008 National Book Festival. @neil-gaiman had a new book coming out (The Graveyard Book) and the crowds for him were overwhelming. Neil spoke, read an excerpt from the new book. It was lovely.

I believe Dan, the web goblin, said there were over 5,000 people waiting in the signing line. It was intense. But this guy, my favorite author, the master of words and worlds, had the patience of Job. He signed every. last. thing. that people brought him. My copy of Fragile Things received my name in big letters and a huge exclamation mark!!

I had read that he was searching for a copy of a rare book of etchings and prose by James Branch Cabell called Music From Behind the Moon. I happened to have a copy in excellent condition, including the protective case that I had enjoyed for years. Of course it made sense to me to gift it to someone who had gifted me so much through his amazing literary work.

It’s not hyperbole to say that Neil’s writing changed my life, just the way good writing should. I can never repay that. Even in that moment, with the overwhelming crush of the crowd, he made me feel seen. And I was so honored that he loved my gift.

Anyway, 15 years! Wow! Meet your heroes 💕

[existentialcowboy]

Cabell

J.R.R Tolkien did not care for the work of the popular (in his day) writer of fantasy, James Branch Cabell, dismissing it as boring. Now I can find criticisms enough of my own for Cabell’s writing; I would also have to admit my forays into fantasy owe more to him than to Tolkien. It is true that I might never have discovered Cabell at all had not the popularity of Tolkien, and fantasy in…

[fotoecitazioni]

Vedute "L’ottimista proclama che viviamo nel migliore dei mondi possibili, e il pessimista teme che ciò possa essere vero" (James Branch Cabell).

[sangennaro]

In 1920 James Branch Cabell of Richmond, Virginia said that Americans "as a body, attest their respectability by insisting that their parents were guilty of unmentionable conduct"

[franknorbertrieter]

[profamer]

Essay of the Week is: Beyond Life by James Branch Cabell

Essay of the Week is: Beyond Life by James Branch Cabell

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy ‘Beyond Life’ written by James Branch Cabell BEYOND LIFEBy James Branch Cabell To my taste, Beyond Life, an all-night soliloquy put into the mouth of the author’s alter ego Charteris, is the most satisfying of Mr. Cabell’s books. Its point of view is deftly sharpened, its manner is urbane and charming, without posture or allegorical pseudo-romantics.…

[thefugitivesaint]

Ray Frederick Coyle (1885-1924), 'Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice' by James Branch Cabell, 1929 Source

[neil-gaiman]

Were you the one who pioneered the concept of Hell being locked from the inside? With sinners crafting the punishments they feel they deserve?

I don't think I pioneered it. I used it for Sandman, and I think if I stole it from anywhere it was James Branch Cabell's novel Jurgen.

[the-evil-clergyman]

On most evenings there was unspeakable company, from James Branch Cabell's Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances by Frank C. Pape (1925)

[enchantedbook]

'Something about Eve' by James Branch Cabell, illustrated by Frank C. Pape, 1929