Domnei (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546649069)

That vision, dominating Mr. Cabell's pages, the record of his revealed idealism, brings specially to Domnei a beauty finely escaping the dusty confusion of any present. It is a book laid in a purity, a serenity, of space above the vapors, the bigotry and engendered spite, of dogma and creed. True to yesterday, it will be faithful of to-morrow; for, in the evolution of humanity, not necessarily the turn of a wheel upward, certain qualities have remained at the center, undisturbed. And, of these, none is more fixed than an abstract love. Different in men than in women, it is, for the former, an instinct, a need, to serve rather than be served: their desire is for a shining image superior, at best, to both lust and maternity. This consciousness, grown so dim that it is scarcely perceptible, yet still alive, is not extinguished with youth, but lingers hopeless of satisfaction through the incongruous years of middle age.

Author: James Branch Cabell
ISBN-10: 1546649069
ISBN-13: 9781546649069
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2017
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.23d