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European decadence, alchemy, and trash redeem beauty in Dante’s sequel.
Purgatory, Volume 2
The Trash Project: Towards The Decay Of Meaning
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
A series of essays modeled on the Purgatory of Dante Alighieri—personal reflections, historical incidents, and unexpected mythological correspondences.
“The obsession with Beauty and Virtue must inevitably bring Trash into existence. Trash offers a way of lifting their curse; it marks the end of all such fatal enchantments.”
In this sequel to 2020’s Inferno, Hollings shifts his attention away from America in the Age of Pop to take a close look at European decadence an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913689230 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913689239 |
| Author: | Ken Hollings |
| Publisher: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Imprint: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 146mm |
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About The Author
Ken Hollings
Ken Hollings is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural theorist based in London and the author of Welcome to Mars and The Bright Labyrinth.
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