Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain Des Diversions
1924
Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain Des Diversions
1924
Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain Des Diversions, published in 1924 by James Branch Cabell, is a literary work that blends essay and narrative. It explores the artistic process, focusing on the motivations behind writing and the relationship between authors and their characters. The book features John Charteris, who critiques his role as a minor character, prompting a meta-conversation about authorship and storytelling. This work is notable for its humorous and philosophical dialogue, reflecting on the nature of literature and the existential aspects of creation.
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“You may, in fact, observe that nobody is quite at ease in dealing with a policeman: the man represents, however genially, with howsoever bright adornments of figured brass and rubicundity, an oppression that is upon us; and while in theory the relation between the legally honest taxpayer and his two hired and liveried retainers, the policeman and the mail-carrier, is the same, one notes in practise a marked difference. The courts and officers of the law, and all legal processes, are matters with which we as if by instinct avoid involvement: for, here again, man occupies somewhat the position of a Frankenstein. . . .””
— James Branch Cabell
