Heliogabalus, or, The anarchist crowned / Antonin Artaud ; translated by Alexis Lykiard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948.

Contributor:

Lykiard, Alexis, 1940-

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Creation modern classics ; 4.

Creation modern classics ; 4

Standardized Title:

Héliogabale, ou, L'anarchiste couronné. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

127 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Anarchist crowned

Place of Publication:

[London] : Creation Books, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Antonin Artaud's novelized biography of the third-century Roman Emperor Heliogabalus is both his most accessible and his most extreme book. Written in 1933, when Artaud was preparing his legendary "Theatre of Cruelty," Heliogabalus is a powerful concoction of sexual excess, self-deification, and terminal violence.

Reflecting its author's preoccupation with the occult, magic, -Satan, and esoteric religions, the author assembles an entire world-view from the raw material of insanity, sexual obsession and anger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

1840681004

OCLC:

53456084