The Cream of the Jest

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The Cream of the Jest is a 1917 fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell that blends satire, romance, and metafiction in its exploration of imagination and reality in the fictional province of Poictesme.

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instanceOf novel
satirical novel
author James Branch Cabell NERFINISHED
countryOfFirstPublication United States NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresTheme imagination
reality
the relationship between imagination and reality
fictionalSetting province of Poictesme NERFINISHED
genre fantasy
metafiction
romance
satire
hasAuthorNationality American
hasFictionalUniverse Poictesme NERFINISHED
hasForm prose fiction
hasTitle The Cream of the Jest NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement American fantasy literature
mediaType print
notableFor blending fantasy and satire
metafictional narrative elements
originalLanguage English
partOf Poictesme cycle NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1917
publisher Robert M. McBride & Company NERFINISHED
setting Poictesme NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfPublication early 20th century

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James Branch Cabell notableWork The Cream of the Jest