{"product_id":"perdition-part-one-of-the-profane-comedy-paperback","title":"Perdition: Part One of the Profane Comedy - 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\u003eD. Selby Fing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSeth Goodkind\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerdition\u003c\/em\u003e is Part One of \u003cem\u003eThe Profane Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, an epic poem that encompasses all of US history, literature and philosophy. It uses Dante's epic architecture to show the way to attain enlightenment by following a modern, secular path. Thirty powerful illustrations provide the visual impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet, with Lincoln as his guide, wanders from scene to scene, first at the gate of hell, with Ronald Reagan, next Herbert Hoover, then Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Elvis Presley, then a bunch of fetuses, then a hostile audience, and so on, until he comes into Satan's presence, with Teddy Roosevelt and Nixon nearby. Then he goes through the river of cleansing fire...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each scene, the featured characters are stand-ins for their time, a microcosmic example of those who (as Dante said of Inferno) had lost the good of their intellect, causing America to lose its creative energy, in recognition of the very destructive energy also unleashed in its imperial expansion. In \u003cem\u003ePerdition\u003c\/em\u003e they are paying for sins far beyond their own, and the fact that everybody from one period of time has been cast into the pit is yet another irony. By the time Fing finally meets Satan, it's become clear that the sins have been imperial in nature, a hubristic dominance of the world, and the cold inhumanity of society's institutions. But \u003cem\u003ePerdition\u003c\/em\u003e is just the first of three canticles: \u003cem\u003eLimbo\u003c\/em\u003e, where Fing returns to the mainland of the USA, and \u003cem\u003eElysium\u003c\/em\u003e, in which Fing is raised into the heavens. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48396995657977,"sku":"9781734865943","price":37.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OFJMVK4uaW9781734865943.webp?v=1778662386","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/perdition-part-one-of-the-profane-comedy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}