Heliogabalus : Or, The Crowned Anarchist by Antonin Artaud (2003, Trade Paperback) for sale online

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PublisherCreation Books

ISBN-101840681004

ISBN-139781840681000

eBay Product ID (ePID)30286879

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Book TitleHeliogabalus : Or, the Crowned Anarchist

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction, History

AuthorAntonin Artaud

Book SeriesClassics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight5.9 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Series Volume NumberVol. 4

SynopsisArtaud's novelised biography of the third-century Roman Emperor Heliogabalus is simultaneously his most accessible and his most extreme book. Written in 1933, at the time when Artaud was preparing to stage his legendary Theatre of Cruelty, Heliogabalus is a powerful concoction of sexual excess, self-deification and terminal violence - the divine upstart Heliogabalus ends his reign hacked to pieces by his own guards in the latrines of his imperial palace., Artaud's novelised biography of the third-century,Roman Emperor Heliogabalus is simultaneously his,most accessible and his most extreme book. Written,in 1933, at the time when Artaud was preparing to,stage his legendary Theatre of CrueltyHeliogabalus is a powerful concoction of sexual,excess, self-deification and terminal violence -,the divine upstart Heliogabalus ends his reign,hacked to pieces by his own guards in the latrines,of his imperial palace., 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.