From deb05dc8de50f555a62664fa3b35d1dce1aed227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Cabal Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:04:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Finish metadata and initial publication --- src/epub/content.opf | 17 +++++++++++------ src/epub/text/colophon.xhtml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/epub/content.opf b/src/epub/content.opf index b4e363a..cf1259e 100644 --- a/src/epub/content.opf +++ b/src/epub/content.opf @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ url:https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/j-m-synge/the-well-of-the-saints - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z - 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z + 2024-03-15T16:04:01Z + 2024-03-15T16:04:01Z 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 @@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ Drama The lives of two blind beggars change when a holy man comes to their rural Irish village promising to miraculously restore their sight. - <p><i>The Well of the Saints</i> opens with the arrival of a wandering holy man to a small Irish village promising to restore the sight of the blind beggars who live by the crossroads there. The small community is upended by the arrival of the miracle worker and his can of water from a remote holy well.</p> - <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/j-m-synge">John Millington Synge</a> uses this simple story to expose and ridicule the pretensions and hypocrisies of every character in the story, the holy, the lowly, and the respectable alike. Synge’s ruthless and irreverent comedy enraged contemporary critics, especially his treatment of the holy man and by implication the Catholic Church; the same traits that would lead to riots in Dublin and New York on the premiere of his next play, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/j-m-synge/the-playboy-of-the-western-world"><i>The Playboy of the Western World</i></a></p> + <p><i>The Well of the Saints</i> opens with the arrival of a wandering holy man and his can of water from a remote holy well to a small Irish village, promising to restore the sight of the blind beggars who live by the crossroads there.</p> + <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/j-m-synge">Synge</a> uses this simple story to expose and ridicule the pretensions and hypocrisies of every character in the story—the holy, the lowly, and the respectable alike. His ruthless and irreverent comedy—and especially his treatment of the holy man, and by implication, the Catholic Church—enraged contemporary critics. This same satirical style is what would later lead to riots in Dublin and New York on the premiere of his next play, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/j-m-synge/the-playboy-of-the-western-world"><i>The Playboy of the Western World</i></a>.</p> en-GB https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1241 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001024645 - WORD_COUNT - READING_EASE + 16195 + 88.57 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_of_the_Saints https://github.com/standardebooks/j-m-synge_the-well-of-the-saints J. M. Synge @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ mrk pfr tyg + 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 ad17bb3..888db70 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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