Description
Althea Gyles (1867-1949), Irish artist and mystic, though primarily remembered today for the book covers she did for the poet William Butler Yeats and her association with the author and occultist Aleister Crowley, was, in her own right, also a writer of great interest.
The present volume collects together all of her short fiction and a great deal of her poetry, most of which has never before seen publication. In the title novelette, described by one critic as a female retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray, a heart-broken woman enters into a pact with a black magician to escape the pains of love through soulless, amoral beauty. Two effulgent, Decadent fairy-tales show Gyles' fascination with elemental spirits as well as the human capacity for corruption or redemption. Finally, a wide selection of her poetry displays her visionary spirituality, coloured by theosophy and the cabalistic mysticism of the Golden Dawn.
Author: Althea Gyles
Publisher: Snuggly Books
Published: 10/08/2024
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781645251583
ISBN10: 1645251586
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Occult & Supernatural
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