Published in 1922 and modeled on Fenelon's seventeenth-century epic of the same name, Aragon's work parodies its heroic models, didacticism, psychological stability, and descriptive and narrative balance.
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Aragon’s farce is a funhouse of double-think and mirror readings; the wise reader enters with disbelief well suspended and a taste for the game -- New York Times Book Review
Most enjoyable reading, accompanied by an excellent introduction and helpful notes. -- Library Journal
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