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Pounds of tender flesh
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From Chapter 8 - "Old Toys and a New Shadow"
Exploring the cave he has entered, Jurgen finds himself among the graves of former lovers. Their effigies have become cold, dead flesh, not stone. Jurgen speaks,
"What, all of them !" he said. "Am I to be confronted with every pound of tender flesh I have embraced? …
Thereafter, Jurgen, standing among the dead, spreads out his arms in an embracing gesture.
"Hail to you, ladies, and farewell ! for you and I have done with love. Well, love is very pleasant to observe as he advances, overthrowing all ancient memories with laughter. And yet for each gay lover who concedes the lordship of love, and wears intrepidly love's liveries, the end of all is death. Love's sowing is more agreeable than love's harvest…"
Topical Subject
Historical fiction; Fantasy fiction; Linoleum block-printing
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Ogden, Samuel Robinson, Jr. (1896-1985)
Language
eng
Genre
linocuts (prints); books
Local Genre
artwork; text
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Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Twenty-two Plates From Cabell's Jurgen
Source
Ogden S, James Branch Cabell Collection, James Branch Cabell Collection. Twenty-Two Plates from Cabell’s Jurgen. [publisher not identified]; 1929.
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