Description
Aleister Crowley was a blustery coward, an arrogant, misogynistic racist with fascist leanings, and a callous user, as often threatened by his sexuality as he claimed to be liberated by it. But he was also a groundbreaking poet and an iconoclastic visionary whose literary and cultural legacies extend far beyond the limits of his reputation. This controversial individual, a frightening mixture of egomania and self-loathing, has inspired passionate--but seldom fair--assesments by historians. Sutin, by treating Crowley as a cultural phenomenon, and not simply a sorcerer or a charlatan, convinces skeptic readers that the self-styled Beast remains a fascinating study in eccentricity.
Author: Lawrence Sutin
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 01/16/2002
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780312288976
ISBN10: 0312288972
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Occultism
- Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers
About the Author
Lawrence Sutin is a professor at the University of Minnesota. His previous works include Divine Invasions and Shifting Realities, on the life and works, respectively, of writer Philip K. Dick.