Poictesme (/pwɑːˈtɛm/) is a fictional country or province which forms the setting of the fantasy works of James Branch Cabell, known collectively as Biography...
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romance by James Branch Cabell, set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the first half of the 13th century. The book follows the earthly...
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imported by Tropico and a poor country. Pobreza means poverty in Spanish. Poictesme Biography of the Life of Manuel Country situated roughly in the south...
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library. The VCU undergraduate literary journal at the university is named Poictesme after the fictional province in his cycle Biography of the Life of Manuel...
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Frank C. Papé (section Map of "Poictesme")
Papé to James Branch Cabell Papé's map of Cabell's mythical realm of Poictesme, based on Cabell's design, was used as the endpapers for the 1928 edition...
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Smith's version of pre-modern France, comparable to James Branch Cabell's Poictesme. Zothique exists millions of years in the future. It is "the last continent...
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to trace the life, illusions and disillusions of Dom Manuel, Count of Poictesme (a fictional province of France), and of his physical and spiritual descendants...
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inspiration to later writers of sword and sorcery such as Fritz Leiber. The "Poictesme" novels of James Branch Cabell (such as Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice (1919))...
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(sing), Daedra (pl) Orsinium Orcish The Orsimer, Orcs Oz Ozian Ozite Poictesme Poictoumois Qo'noS Klingon Klingons Remus Reman Remans Rohan Rohirric...
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academic year, and publishes online year round. Pwatem (formerly spelled Poictesme) – An undergraduate student literary journal distributed every spring...
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Hammond and Nanton company Pennsyltucky, from Pennsylvania and Kentucky Poictesme, from the two French towns Poitiers and Angoulême, used in a number of...
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novel by James Branch Cabell, set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the second half of the 13th century. It forms the fifth volume...
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drawing playing cards – the loser then dies and becomes a "legal ghost". Poictesme: a country situated roughly in the south of France in the books of James...
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Troy, Chloris, and even the Devil's wife. His wanderings take him from Poictesme to Glathion, Cocaigne, Leuke, Hell, and Heaven. The novel became more...
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James Branch Cabell, which is set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the second half of the thirteenth century. In Paul Gallico's novel...
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of the earth. Like Xanadu, like Arcadia, like Atlantis or Aea [sic] or Poictesme, it is a phantom manufactured by a restless mind. ...Whatever the meaning...
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Donaldson "The Adventure of the Snowing Globe" by F. Anstey "Affairs in Poictesme" by James Branch Cabell "The Ring of Hans Carvel" by Fredric Brown "The...
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area. A region called Gâtinais is a neighbour of the fictional land of Poictesme in James Branch Cabell's Biography of the Life of Manuel. (in French)...
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Donald R. Burleson. Loveman and Don Bregenzer (eds). A Round Table in Poictesme. Cleveland: The Colophon Club. Collection of essays on James Branch Cabell...
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in various other stories in this series, set in the fictional realm of Poictesme, and Lichfield is a setting of other Cabell books. The Cream of the Jest...
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Capital News Service and VCU InSight ','Ink, Amendment, Emanata, and Poictesme. Richmond is served by several television stations. Richmond's over-the-air...
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