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Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell
''Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell'' is a 1908 lyrical poem book written by Jean Louis De Esque.〔''Publishers Weekly'' v. 87, pg. 987.〕 The publication includes a preface by the author with two poetic works, "When I am Gone" and "Betelguese." The latter poem has been called a "classic" work that utilized off-beat language, considered to be a delight to the philologist. It has been compared to the poetic works of George Sterling and Kenneth Patchen.
The book was published during the height of the nature fakers controversy, and it has been suggested that De Esque elected to release ''Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell'' while Theodore Roosevelt was on a trip to Africa in an effort to avoid potential conflict that might have resulted from Roosevelt's awareness of its content.
==Publication==
''Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell'' was published by Connoisseur's Press in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 1, 1908.〔''The Bookman, pg. 455.〕 An application for copyright was submitted on September 28, 1907. Two copies were received by the Library of Congress on August 28, 1909.〔''Library of Congress'', pg. 348.〕 For the publishing company, ''Betelguese'' was considered its first work of distinction after several years of modest publications.〔''Los Angeles Herald'', pg. 9.〕
The book features a frontispiece〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Betelguese, a trip through hell )〕 by painter Nicholas Briganti, an illustration of Typhon the Greek "Father of all monsters." ''Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell'' opens with a prefatory note by De Esque written on September 22, 1907,〔De Esque, pg. 9.〕 in which he reveals that the writing of the poem began when he was "up at () desk mauling and drubbing the English language with a vengeance for thirty-six consecutive hours, and that () awoke at 12.30 A.M,"〔De Esque, pg 5.〕 and began writing the poem "Betelguese," continuing to work on it until the early morning. The writer later explained that he repeated this process over the next fifteen nights, completing the work at a total of 8116 words.〔De Esque, pg 6.〕 The preface is succeeded with a photograph of Jean Louis De Esque and a short poem entitled "When I Am Gone."〔De Esque, pg 11.〕 Finally, the publication concludes with the eponymous poetic work "Betelguese," making the length of ''Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell'' in total 104 pages.〔
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