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'''''Cabbages and Kings''''' is a 1904 novel written by [[O. Henry]], set in a fictitious [[Central American]] country called the [[Republic of Anchuria]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Henry|first=O|title=Cabbages and Kings|year=1904|isbn=9781438790787|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2777}}</ref> It takes its title from the poem "[[The Walrus and the Carpenter]]", featured in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Through the Looking Glass]]''. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings.
'''''Cabbages and Kings''''' is a 1904 novel written by [[O. Henry]], set in a fictitious [[Central American]] country called the [[Republic of Anchuria]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Henry|first=O|title=Cabbages and Kings|year=1904|isbn=9781438790787|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2777}}</ref> It takes its title from the poem "[[The Walrus and the Carpenter]]", featured in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Through the Looking Glass]]''. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings.

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'''''Cabbages and Kings''''' is not a novel and not quite a collection of short stories. In the last chapter of the book (18), "The Vitagraphoscope," O. Henry suggests it's a vaudeville which is "intrinsically episodic and discontinuous." Some characters do their turn – the vaudeville term for an act – and disappear, and others reappear if only briefly. It adds up to a book, a good read, that readers need to take on O. Henry's terms.


In one of the chapters, ''The Admiral'', inspired by the author's experiences in Honduras where he had lived for six months,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Malcolm D. MacLean |date=Summer 1968 |title=O. Henry in Honduras |url= |journal=American Literary Realism, 1870–1910 |publisher= |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=36–46 |jstor=27747601 |access-date=}}</ref> he refers to Anchuria as a "small maritime banana republic"; naturally, the fruit was the entire basis of its economy.<ref> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[O. Henry]]|title=Cabbages and Kings|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday, Page & Company]]|location=New York City|year=1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jpMsL2T0CoC|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6jpMsL2T0CoC&q=%22banana+republic%22+Anchuria 132, 296]}}</ref> According to a literary analyst writing for [[The Economist]], "his phrase neatly conjures up the image of a tropical, agrarian country. But its real meaning is sharper: it refers to the fruit companies from the United States that came to exert extraordinary influence over the politics of Honduras and its neighbors."<ref>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/#geHDsKSeDYOltxOK.99</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/11/economist-explains-16 Where did banana republics get their name?], ''The Economist''</ref> The expression [[Banana republic]] has been used widely since that time, particularly in political commentaries.<ref> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/</ref>
In one of the chapters, ''The Admiral'', inspired by the author's experiences in Honduras where he had lived for six months,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Malcolm D. MacLean |date=Summer 1968 |title=O. Henry in Honduras |url= |journal=American Literary Realism, 1870–1910 |publisher= |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=36–46 |jstor=27747601 |access-date=}}</ref> he refers to Anchuria as a "small maritime banana republic"; naturally, the fruit was the entire basis of its economy.<ref> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[O. Henry]]|title=Cabbages and Kings|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday, Page & Company]]|location=New York City|year=1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jpMsL2T0CoC|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6jpMsL2T0CoC&q=%22banana+republic%22+Anchuria 132, 296]}}</ref> According to a literary analyst writing for [[The Economist]], "his phrase neatly conjures up the image of a tropical, agrarian country. But its real meaning is sharper: it refers to the fruit companies from the United States that came to exert extraordinary influence over the politics of Honduras and its neighbors."<ref>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/#geHDsKSeDYOltxOK.99</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/11/economist-explains-16 Where did banana republics get their name?], ''The Economist''</ref> The expression [[Banana republic]] has been used widely since that time, particularly in political commentaries.<ref> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/</ref>

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'''''Cabbages and Kings''''' is not a novel and not quite a collection of short stories. In the last chapter of the book (18), "The Vitagraphoscope," O. Henry suggests it's a vaudeville which is "intrinsically episodic and discontinuous." Some characters do their turn – the vaudeville term for an act – and disappear, and others reappear if only briefly. It adds up to a book, a good read, that readers need to take on O. Henry's terms.


Chapters:
Chapters:

Revision as of 23:57, 16 August 2017

Cover of Cabbages and Kings (1904 edition)

Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel written by O. Henry, set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria.[1] It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings.

In one of the chapters, The Admiral, inspired by the author's experiences in Honduras where he had lived for six months,[2] he refers to Anchuria as a "small maritime banana republic"; naturally, the fruit was the entire basis of its economy.[3][4] According to a literary analyst writing for The Economist, "his phrase neatly conjures up the image of a tropical, agrarian country. But its real meaning is sharper: it refers to the fruit companies from the United States that came to exert extraordinary influence over the politics of Honduras and its neighbors."[5][6] The expression Banana republic has been used widely since that time, particularly in political commentaries.[7]

Cabbages and Kings is not a novel and not quite a collection of short stories. In the last chapter of the book (18), "The Vitagraphoscope," O. Henry suggests it's a vaudeville which is "intrinsically episodic and discontinuous." Some characters do their turn – the vaudeville term for an act – and disappear, and others reappear if only briefly. It adds up to a book, a good read, that readers need to take on O. Henry's terms.

Chapters:

THE PROEM: BY THE CARPENTER
  1. "FOX-IN-THE-MORNING"
  2. THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE
  3. SMITH
  4. IV. CAUGHT
  5. CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO
  6. THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT
  7. MONEY MAZE
  8. THE ADMIRAL
  9. THE FLAG PARAMOUNT
  10. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM
  11. THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE
  12. SHOES
  13. SHIPS
  14. MASTERS OF ARTS
  15. DICKY
  16. ROUGE ET NOIR
  17. TWO RECALLS
  18. THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE

References

  1. ^ Henry, O (1904). Cabbages and Kings. ISBN 9781438790787.
  2. ^ Malcolm D. MacLean (Summer 1968). "O. Henry in Honduras". American Literary Realism, 1870–1910. 1 (3): 36–46. JSTOR 27747601.
  3. ^ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/
  4. ^ O. Henry (1904). Cabbages and Kings. New York City: Doubleday, Page & Company. pp. 132, 296.
  5. ^ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-we-got-term-banana-republic-180961813/#geHDsKSeDYOltxOK.99
  6. ^ Where did banana republics get their name?, The Economist
  7. ^ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-banana-republic/267048/


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