A house-boat on the styx : being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B2QOITK |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Bangsian Fantasy" according to Kat Hooper. John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American humorist who edited some popular American magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Puck. His satirical novella A House-Boat on the Styx is responsible for the term Bangsian Fantasy, which refers to stories about famous people in the afterlife (e.g., P. Robert O. Adair said Brilliant Satire. John Kendrick Bangs was one of the most popular humorists in the 1890's. Most of what he wrote, though very clever, will probably come across as very dated today. One exception is A House-Boat on the Styx. This book is written in the succession of Homer, Vergil, and Dante as a major work on "The
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