White Stains - Couverture rigide

Crowley, Aleister

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0715606808 ISBN 13 : 9780715606803

Editeur : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Crowley Aleister

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

White Stains is a poetic work written by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley under the pseudonym "George Archibald Bishop". It was published in 1898 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. White Stains contains various poems in both English and French which can also be regarded as individual works. The majority of these poems are overtly sexual in content. Crowley claimed that he had written White Stains for the purpose of rewriting Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis in a lyrical form. As with other works of Crowley, obscenity is celebrated. Some of the Poems "Dedicace" – Crowley tells of a lover whose sex is not clearly recognisable. The poem has a sado-masochistic tendency. "Sonnet to the Virgin Mary" – This poem is a praise to the Virgin Mary. "A Fragment" – This is a fragment of a theatrical work in a lyrical form. It deals with the meeting of two lovers, a man and a woman. "The Rainbow" – This poem is a praise to the glory of God. "With A Copy Of "Poems and Ballads" – In this poem which is written in French Crowley pays homage to a friend who is not clearly identifiable. "Ad Lydiam, Ut Secum A Marito Fugeret" – This is a poem about love which contains many descriptions of nature. "Contra Conjugium T.B.B" – The first stanza of the poem is written in Latin. The other stanzas are written in English. It is a religious praise sung by a priest in church. "The Ballad Of Choosing" – This is a poem about being predestined for fame. Every stanza ends with the sentence "Thou has a guerdon, is it not for hire?". "A Jealous Lover" – Crowley tells of a person, his love for a woman and his (or probably her) jealousy concerning his beloved. "Ballade De La Jolie Marion" – Only the title of this poem is French. The poem itself is written in English. It deals with the inevitability of the end of love due to being separated from the beloved person. Every stanza ends with the refrain "We must part, and love must die." "At Stockholm" – This poems deals with the unnecessarity of spoken language when kisses can speak for themselves. "Mathilde" – This is a poem about the sex appeal that Crowley sees in the title-giving woman. "Yet Time To Turn" – In this poem a man remembers himself of a woman he once loved. "All Night" – This is a poem about sex in the night. "Ode To Venus Callipgye" – This poem is a praise to Venus. "Volupté" – This poem is written in French. It is a poem about sexual desire.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Variations of sodomy, pederasty, bestiality, and necrophilia are interwoven with gleeful blasphemy in this seminal collection of poetry by Aleister Crowley. Inspired by Krafft-Ebing's study of sexual perversity, Psychopathia Sexualis, it purports to be "the literary remains of George Archibald Bishop, a neuropath of the Second Empire." Crowley's infamous first book, White Stains was clandestinely printed in 1898 by Leonard Smithers. Of the one hundred numbered copies that were originally printed, only a handful were spared destruction by Her Majesty's Customs; an outcome which speaks against Crowley's decision to invoke the blessing of the Virgin Mary in his prefatory sonnet. Crowley would go on to establish himself as a leading figure in the Western occult tradition. A drug addict, bisexual, and proponent of sex magick, Crowley's flamboyantly impious lifestyle would lead the tabloid press to crown him "The Wickedest Man in the World."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0715606808
• ISBN 13: 9780715606803
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128