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Poictesme (pronounced "pwa-tem") is a fictional country or province which forms the setting of the fantasy works of James Branch Cabell, known collectively as ''Biography of the Life of Manuel''. Poictesme is ruled by the Count Dom Manuel. It was the author's intention to situate Poictesme roughly in the south of France. The name suggests the two real French cities of Poitiers (medieval Poictiers) and Angoulême (medieval Angoulesme). At the height of Cabell's popularity in the 1920s, Cabell's publishers sold framed wall-maps of Poictesme. 〔Darrell Schweitzer, "Cabell, James Branch", in ''St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers'', ed. David Pringle, London, St. James Press, 1996, ISBN 1-55862-205-5, (p. 91-93). 〕 The Virginia Commonwealth University undergraduate literary journal is named ''Poictesme'' after the fictional province. ==Other references== In H. Beam Piper's popular science fiction novel, ''Junkyard Planet'' (Putnams 1963 & Wildside Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1-4344-0085-7, also published as "The Cosmic Computer" in paperback edition), Poictesme is the name of the planet on which the main body of the story occurs. A specific reference is made to Cabell. Poictesme is also a moon of the planet Sauron in ''War World: The Battle of Sauron'' by John Carr & Don Hawthorne (Pequod Press, 2007, ISBN 0-937912-04-2). Poictesme and Lotharingia are two of the three kingdoms in a short story by Isaac Asimov, "Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon". The story first appeared in ''Once Upon a Time''; it also appears in Asimov's anthology ''Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection'' (Harper Collins Publishers, 1996, ISBN 0-06-105205-1). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poictesme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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