{"product_id":"the-pig-in-poetic-mythological-and-moral-historical-perspective-9781939663153","title":"The Pig: In Poetic, Mythological, and Moral-Historical Perspective","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939663153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Oskar Panizza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41500164587701,"sku":"9781939663153","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_42996068-ad95-4b52-8d72-eddb8c7dedaf.jpg?v=1641273572","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pig-in-poetic-mythological-and-moral-historical-perspective-9781939663153","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}