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100 1 _aCooley, James Ewing,
_d1802-1882
245 1 4 _aThe Spawn of Ixion; Or, The 'Biter Bit.' An Allegory
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"A fierce political satire on Park and Gliddon."--Sabin.
500 _aRelease date is 2011-05-18
508 _aProduced by Gerard Arthus, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
520 _a"The Spawn of Ixion; Or, The 'Biter Bit.' An Allegory" by James Ewing Cooley is a satirical allegory written in the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of moral degradation and the consequences of base actions through a poetic lens. It employs mythological references, particularly to Ixion, who was punished for his unforgivable deeds, to comment on human folly and the legacy of vice. The narrative serves to depict the character of Park, a metaphorical offspring of Ixion, who embodies the basest traits of humanity, spreading slander and vile poetry that corrupts all who encounter it. As the tale unfolds, various figures, including Neptune and Jupiter, express their horror at Park's loathsome rhymes, which are so repugnant that they threaten not only the sanity of listeners but also the very fabric of society. Ultimately, the book culminates in a call for divine retribution against this character, underscoring the devastating impact of immorality and the necessity of returning to virtuous principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPoetry
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36135
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