{"product_id":"the-pig-in-poetic-mythological-and-moral-historical-perspective-paperback","title":"The Pig: In Poetic, Mythological, and Moral-Historical Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOskar Panizza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErik Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor dry humor from a decadent nihilist, it can't be beat.\" -M. Kasper, \u003ci\u003e Rain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pig is the Sun....\u003c\/i\u003e So begins Oskar Panizza's outrageously heretical and massively erudite essay on the pig, originally published in 1900 in his journal \u003ci\u003eZurich Discussions\u003c\/i\u003e. Moving from the Rig Veda to the Edda to Ovid, from the story of Tristan and Isolde to Nordic celebrations of Christmas, from Grimms' fairytales to Swedish folklore to Judeo-Egyptian dietary restrictions, the author contends, through painstakingly philological argumentation, that the miraculous swine occupies a central, celestial position as the life-giving force animating the entire universe, usurping the place of God as the beginning and end of all things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOskar Panizza\u003c\/b\u003e (1853-1921) was a German psychiatrist turned avant-garde author. In 1894 he published his notorious play \u003ci\u003eThe Love Council\u003c\/i\u003e: A Heavenly Tragedy in Five Acts that depicted the spread of syphilis among humanity in 1492 through a senile god, an idiot Christ, a promiscuous Mary and a depraved Pope Alexander VI. Charged with 93 counts of blasphemy, Panizza found his instantaneous literary fame accompanied by a 12-month prison sentence. Moving to Zurich, he published a journal, \u003ci\u003eZurich Discussions\u003c\/i\u003e, the majority of which he wrote himself under a series of pen names. After being expelled from Switzerland, he relocated to Paris until his 1899 publication of anti-Germanic verse led to his finances being seized. He spent the last 16 years of his life in a Bavarian mental institution.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769868222752,"sku":"9781939663153","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/723cbec211c7a05fba9af870ea3191ac.webp?v=1780358670","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pig-in-poetic-mythological-and-moral-historical-perspective-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}