diff --git a/src/epub/content.opf b/src/epub/content.opf index 1bfa4e6..e8c43d8 100644 --- a/src/epub/content.opf +++ b/src/epub/content.opf @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ url:https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/david-park-barnitz/the-book-of-jade - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z + 2024-03-22T20:54:00Z + 2024-03-22T20:54:00Z The source text and artwork in this ebook are believed to be in the United States public domain; that is, they are believed to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. They may still be copyrighted in other countries, so users located outside of the United States must check their local laws before using this ebook. The creators of, and contributors to, this ebook dedicate their contributions to the worldwide public domain via the terms in the [CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Standard Ebooks Standard Ebooks @@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ Poetry A collection of decadent poetry by David Park Barnitz. - <p>Anyone who reads <i>The Book of Jade</i> will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted fare.</p> - <p>Although <i>The Book of Jade</i> was initially published anonymously, it didn’t take long for readers to discover the identity of its author. The obituary of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/david-park-barnitz">David Park Barnitz</a>, a young oriental scholar who passed away mere weeks after the release of this collection, revealed him to be the author of this “volume of poems … which was spoken of as of unusual merit.” Though somewhat uneven in quality, the work has garnered admiration from figures such as <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-p-lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>, Donald Wandrei, and Clark Ashton Smith, firmly establishing its place in the decadent literary canon.</p> - <p>This edition includes all the poems of the original 1901 release, as well as the poem “After-Life,” which was published in <i>Overland Monthly</i>.</p> + <p>Anyone who reads <i>The Book of Jade</i> will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted fare!</p> + <p>Although <i>The Book of Jade</i> was initially published anonymously, it didn’t take long for readers to discover the identity of its author when the obituary of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/david-park-barnitz">David Park Barnitz</a>, a young oriental studies scholar who passed away mere weeks after the book’s publication, admitted as much. Though somewhat uneven in quality, the work has garnered admiration from figures such as <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-p-lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>, Donald Wandrei, and Clark Ashton Smith, firmly establishing its place in the canon of decadent literature.</p> + <p>This edition includes all the poems of the original 1901 edition, as well as the poem “After-Life,” which was published in <i>Overland Monthly</i>.</p> en-US https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46827 https://archive.org/details/bookofjade00gautiala https://archive.org/details/sim_overland-monthly-and-out-west-magazine_1901-01_37_1 - WORD_COUNT - READING_EASE + 13267 + 66.2 https://github.com/standardebooks/david-park-barnitz_the-book-of-jade David Park Barnitz Barnitz, David Park @@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ pfr tyg ann + David Reimer + Reimer, David + https://github.com/dajare + http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92075987 + pfr diff --git a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml index 2cd0fc6..4fa9788 100644 --- a/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml +++ b/src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by
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