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To hell with it : of sin and sex, chicken wings, and Dante's entirely ridiculous, needlessly guilt-inducing Inferno

Title
  1. To hell with it : of sin and sex, chicken wings, and Dante's entirely ridiculous, needlessly guilt-inducing Inferno / Dinty W. Moore.
Published by
  1. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Author
  1. Moore, Dinty W., 1955-

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Description
  1. xiv, 152 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. "In To Hell with It, Dinty W. Moore asks the question: What would the world be like if eternal damnation was not hanging constantly over our sheepish heads? Why do we persist in believing a myth that merely makes us miserable?"--
Series statement
  1. American lives
Uniform title
  1. American lives.
Subject
  1. Moore, Dinty W., 1955- > Anecdotes
  2. Moore, Dinty W., 1955- > Religion
  3. Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
  4. Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 > Influence
  5. Moore, Dinty W., 1955-
  6. Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
  7. 1900-1999
  8. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
  9. Authors, American
  10. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  11. Religion
Genre/Form
  1. Anecdotes.
  2. Biographies.
  3. Autobiographies.
Contents
  1. Prologue: The Hole -- Cantos I-III: Dinty's Inferno -- Canto IV: Pudgy, Smiley, Jughead, and Fritz -- Canto V: The Burning Bush -- Canto VI: Gobbets of Chicken -- Canto VII: Some Precious Blood, a Speck of Bone -- Canto VIII: Into the Pickling Swill -- Cantos IX-XI: The Little Heretic's New Baltimore Catechism -- Cantos XII-XVII: The Hell Hole -- Cantos XVIII-XXX: Bring on the Ass Trumpets -- Cantos XXXI-XXXIV: Beyond Goode and Evil -- Epilogue: My Paradiso (with Basil and Tomato Cream).
Call number
  1. JFD 21-2376
Note
  1. Includes index.
Author
  1. Moore, Dinty W., 1955- author.
Title
  1. To hell with it : of sin and sex, chicken wings, and Dante's entirely ridiculous, needlessly guilt-inducing Inferno / Dinty W. Moore.
Publisher
  1. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. American lives
  2. American lives.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
LCCN
  1. 2020031220
Other standard identifier
  1. 40030495240
ISBN
  1. 9781496224606 paperback
  2. 1496224604 paperback
Research call number
  1. JFD 21-2376
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