The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Illustrated Editions Company, 1888

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Minor loss of gilt from spine titles and decorations. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1888 Hard Cover. 206 pp. Frontispiece and illustrations by Gustave Dore. "Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Munchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Electorate of Hanover, the real-life Munchhausen fought for the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1735 - 1739. Upon retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Munchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English as the 1785 book, which was first published in Oxford by a bookseller named Smith. The book was soon translated into other European languages, including a German version expanded by the poet Gottfried August Burger. The real-life Munchhausen was deeply upset at the development of a fictional character bearing his name, and threatened legal proceedings against the book's publisher. Perhaps fearing a libel suit, Raspe never acknowledged his authorship of the work, which was only established posthumously. The fictional Baron's exploits, narrated in the first person, focus on his impossible achievements as a sportsman, soldier, and traveller, for instance riding on a cannonball, fighting a forty-foot crocodile, and travelling to the Moon. Intentionally comedic, the stories play on the absurdity and inconsistency of Munchausen's claims, and contain an undercurrent of social satire. The earliest illustrations of the character, perhaps created by Raspe himself, depict Munchausen as slim and youthful, although later illustrators have depicted him as an older man, and have added the sharply beaked nose and twirled moustache that have become part of the character's definitive visual representation. Raspe's book was a major international success, becoming the core text for numerous English, continental European, and American editions that were expanded and rewritten by other writers. The book in its various revised forms remained widely read throughout the 19th century, especially in editions for young readers. Versions of the fictional Baron have appeared on stage, screen, radio, and television, as well as in other literary works. Though the Baron Munchausen stories are no longer well-known in many English-speaking countries, they are still popular in continental Europe. The character has inspired numerous memorials and museums, and several medical conditions and other concepts are named after him, including Munchausen syndrome, the Munchhausen trilemma, and Munchausen numbers.…

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Titolo
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Autore
[Raspe, Rudolph Erich]
Editore
Illustrated Editions Company
Anno di pubblicazione
1888
Condizione
Very Good
Sovraccoperta
No Jacket
Rilegatura
Hard Cover
Lingua
inglese
Edizione
Reissue.
Peso dell'articolo
33 once
Dimensioni
9x6x0

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