Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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Seated Woman in Violet Stockings — Egon Schiele

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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A Concert of Cats, Owls, a Magpie, and a Monkey in a Barn — Cornelis Saftleven

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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Three Books

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Light in August by William Faulkner. Vintage International trade paperback. Design by Marc J. Cohen from a photograph by Marion Post Wolcott. I wrote about Light in August here. Joe Christmas is a Jesus Christ figure.

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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. An oversized trade paperback edition with French flaps and deckle edges from Penguin. Cover design by Paul Buckley, using art by Andrew Davidson. This was part of a class set I used in a school where I used to teach; it left with me when I left. Jim Casy is a Jesus Christ figure.

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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction by Stephen Crane. A cheap trade paperback by Barnes & Nobles Classics. Cover design by Dutton & Sherman, using a detail from Winsolw Homer’s painting Drum and Bugle Corp, Civil War Encampment. Another class set copy that made its way to my home. Jim Conklin is a Jesus Christ figure.

The Egg — Odilon Redon

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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Eggs in an Egg Crate — Mary Pratt

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The Harrowing of Hell (Christ in Limbo) — Albrecht Dürer

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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Christ as the Man of Sorrows — Albrecht Dürer

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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“Holy Thursday” — William Blake

Cuniculus Vulgaris (Perry Bible Fellowship)

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Allegory of Man’s Choice between Virtue and Vice (detail) — Frans Francken the Younger

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