{"product_id":"melpomene-9780987158154","title":"Melpomene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelpomene\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of poetry, prose and short fiction named after the Greek Muse of Tragedy. The central theme of the anthology is the beauty found in sorrow and the darker sides of human nature, drawing on literary traditions such as the 'Damned Poets', the Decadent Movement, Symbolism\/Surrealism and the Fin de siècle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelpomene\u003c\/em\u003e is broken into four sections: Liber Veneficium (Book of Magic), Liber Maeroris (Book of Sorrow), Liber Fatum (Book of Fate), and Liber Mortuorum (Book of Death). Each section contains both new and classic literature dealing with these themes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContaining works both old and new, \u003cem\u003eMelpomene\u003c\/em\u003e offers a prime selection of works on the melancholic side of existence, the transformational beauty of the esoteric, occult secrets hidden in verse, sorrow, doom and the inevitable grasp of death. \u003cem\u003eMelpomene\u003c\/em\u003e will haunt the reader with a dark and unearthly beauty that is both forbidden and forlorn...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthors include: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharles Baudelaire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePaul Verlaine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEdgar Allan Poe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGwendolyn Taunton\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAzsacra Zarathustra\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMath Jones\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBernardo Sena\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJ. Karl Bogartte\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eC. B. Liddell\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJames WF Roberts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChristopher Pankhurst\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e H. A. Cledones\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTamas Nagyatadi Horvath\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eL. Alexander Carle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBill Noble\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarg Howlet\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIvor Steven\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGene Banyard\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwendolyn Taunton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manticore Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987158154\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manticore Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40498473861235,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":12.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_12b1d97c-0db4-48d1-8792-8a1781aad52e.jpg?v=1665149602","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/melpomene-9780987158154","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}