Songy of Paradise / by Gary Panter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panter, Gary, author, artist.

Contributor:

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Fantagraphics Books, publisher.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Devil--Comic books, strips, etc.

Devil.

Fall of man--Comic books, strips, etc.

Fall of man.

Mountain people--Comic books, strips, etc.

Mountain people.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic books.

Graphic novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

[36] unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 38 cm

Edition:

First Fantagraphics edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2017.

Summary:

"Songy of Paradise is an inspired interpretation of John Milton's retelling of the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan after being baptized by John the Baptist and fasting for forty days and nights in the Judaean Desert. Panter's version doesn't rely on Milton's words, but faithfully follows the structure of Milton's Paradise Regained, with one notable exception: Jesus has been replaced by a hillbilly, Songy, who is on a vision quest before being tempted by a chimeric Satan figure."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Wherein Satan and a hillbilly re-enact the temptation of Jesus in the desert, hewing to John Milton's epic poem Paradise Regained but without Milton's verbosity."--Title page.

In four parts.

Light purple cloth covers with front cover illustration by Gary Panter in black with gilt highlights.

Local Notes:

PN6727.P36.S66 2017: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2018 has article from the New York Times about author and publication of this book laid in.

ISBN:

9781683960287

1683960289

OCLC:

959876053

Publisher Number:

99975372617