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100 1 _aCabell, James Branch,
_d1879-1958
245 1 0 _aStraws and prayer-books; dizain des diversions
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-11-16
508 _aCharlene Taylor, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain des Diversions" by James Branch Cabell is a literary work that seems to blend essay and narrative, likely written in the early 20th century. The book delves into themes of the artistic process, exploring the motivations behind writing, the nature of fictional worlds, and the relationship between the author and the reader. Central figures in the opening passages include John Charteris, a character who expresses frustration over being a minor character in what he believes should be the author's narrative, setting up a meta-conversation about the role of the author and the nature of storytelling. The opening of "Straws and Prayer-Books" introduces us to a dialogue between the narrator and John Charteris, who feels overlooked as a character in the narrative. This conversation leads to musings on the purpose of writing and the author's motivations, suggesting that the act of writing is often a means of entertaining oneself rather than the audience. As they contemplate the essence of literature, Charteris critiques the common perception of authorship and questions the significance of why stories are told. The dialogue is humorous, philosophical, and reflective, serving as a prelude to exploring the broader implications of art, storytelling, and perhaps even the existential nature of creation itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924
653 _aAuthorship
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/strawsprayerbook0000cabe/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74748
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_d115473