{"product_id":"fantasia-impromptu-finis-paperback","title":"Fantasia Impromptu: \u0026 Finis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin I. Slaughter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Decasseres\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantasia Impromptu \u0026amp; FINIS\u003c\/i\u003e constitute Benjamin DeCasseres' (1873-1945) most private writing, but even then, they were intended for publication and posterity. The first is a diary-like collection of notes and reminiscences began in December 1925. The latter was professed to be \"a summation of all my books, of my lifelong beliefs.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantasia\u003c\/i\u003e Impromptu was released as a series of booklets, six in total, that constitute his \"intellectual, emotional and spiritual autobiography.\" They are filled with ruminations on daily life, aphorisms, esotericisms, and appeals to future readers. It is appropriately dedicated to: \"The Thinkers, Poets, Satirists, Individualists, Dare-Devils, Egoists, Satanists and Godolepts of Posterity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINIS\u003c\/i\u003e is his final work, appropriately enough, and consists of three essays and a \"hymn,\" all previously unpublished. The one focus of all of these pieces is Oblivion. Though he states in his introduction is was not necessarily meant to be his last work, he died before it was published, and his wife Bio prepared an introduction and included a poem of dedication. \u003ci\u003eFINIS\u003c\/i\u003e was released as a booklet the year of his death and has never been reprinted before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429113610489,"sku":"9780988553668","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HvgXLUrXb-9780988553668.webp?v=1771442306","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/fantasia-impromptu-finis-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}