Italian FantasiesST. FRANCIS: OR THE IRONY OF INSTITUTIONSReading editionChapter navigation54 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterAUTHOR’S NOTEOF BEAUTY, FAITH, AND DEATH: A RHAPSODY BY WAY OF PRELUDEIIIIIIIVVTHE CARPENTER’S WIFE: A CAPRICCIOTHE EARTH THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE: OR THE ABSURDITY OF ASTRONOMYOF AUTOCOSMS WITHOUT FACTS: OR THE EMPTINESS OF RELIGIONSOF FACTS WITHOUT AUTOCOSMS: OR THE IRRELEVANCY OF SCIENCEOF FACTS WITH ALIEN AUTOCOSMS: OR THE FUTILITY OF CULTUREST. FRANCIS: OR THE IRONY OF INSTITUTIONSIIITHE GAY DOGES: OR THE FAILURE OF SOCIETY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SOCIALISMIIITHE SUPERMAN OF LETTERS: OR THE HYPOCRISY OF POLITICSIIIIIIIIIIIIIVLACHRYMÆ RERUM AT MANTUA: WITH A DENUNCIATION OF D’ANNUNZIOOF DEAD SUBLIMITIES, SERENE MAGNIFICENCES, AND GAGGED POETSVARIATIONS ON A THEMEHIGH ART AND LOWAN EXCURSION INTO THE GROTESQUE: WITH A GLANCE AT OLD MAPS AND MODERN FALLACIESAN EXCURSION INTO HEAVEN AND HELL: WITH A DEPRECIATION OF DANTEST. GIULIA AND FEMALE SUFFRAGEIIITHE DYING CARNIVALIIITHE CONSOLATIONS OF PHLEBOTOMY: A PARADOX AT PAVIARISORGIMENTO: WITH SOME REMARKS ON SAN MARINO AND THE MILLENNIUMIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIPrevious chapter ←OF FACTS WITH ALIEN AUTOCOSMS: OR THE FUTILITY OF CULTURENext chapter →IAll chapters and sections (54)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsAUTHOR’S NOTEOF BEAUTY, FAITH, AND DEATH: A RHAPSODY BY WAY OF PRELUDEChapters12345Other sectionsTHE CARPENTER’S WIFE: A CAPRICCIOTHE EARTH THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE: OR THE ABSURDITY OF ASTRONOMYOF AUTOCOSMS WITHOUT FACTS: OR THE EMPTINESS OF RELIGIONSOF FACTS WITHOUT AUTOCOSMS: OR THE IRRELEVANCY OF SCIENCEOF FACTS WITH ALIEN AUTOCOSMS: OR THE FUTILITY OF CULTUREST. FRANCIS: OR THE IRONY OF INSTITUTIONSChapters12Other sectionsTHE GAY DOGES: OR THE FAILURE OF SOCIETY AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SOCIALISMChapters12Other sectionsTHE SUPERMAN OF LETTERS: OR THE HYPOCRISY OF POLITICSChapters12121234Other sectionsLACHRYMÆ RERUM AT MANTUA: WITH A DENUNCIATION OF D’ANNUNZIOOF DEAD SUBLIMITIES, SERENE MAGNIFICENCES, AND GAGGED POETSVARIATIONS ON A THEMEHIGH ART AND LOWAN EXCURSION INTO THE GROTESQUE: WITH A GLANCE AT OLD MAPS AND MODERN FALLACIESAN EXCURSION INTO HEAVEN AND HELL: WITH A DEPRECIATION OF DANTEST. GIULIA AND FEMALE SUFFRAGEChapters12Other sectionsTHE DYING CARNIVALChapters12Other sectionsTHE CONSOLATIONS OF PHLEBOTOMY: A PARADOX AT PAVIARISORGIMENTO: WITH SOME REMARKS ON SAN MARINO AND THE MILLENNIUMChapters123456789101112“Ludibria rerum humanarum cunctis in negotiis.”◇Tacitus.◇← OF FACTS WITH ALIEN AUTOCOSMS: OR THE FUTILITY OF CULTUREI →