White Stains The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop A

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White Stains The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop A Neuropath of the Second Empire

Written by magician and occultist Aleister Crowley and published clandestinely in 1898, White Stains is a collection of verse tracing the demise of a fictitious poet, George Archibald Bishop. His biography is given in the Preface. Crowley wrote White Stains as a refutation of the psychiatrist and pioneering sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebingâ€™s contention in Psychopathia Sexualis that sexual perversions are a consequence of disease. Crowleyâ€™s verse, which is modelled on Decadent and Symbolist poetry, explores a range of ostensible sexual aberrations. Excerpts from several poems appear in another clandestine classic, Raped on the Railway (c. 1899). White Stains was published by the London-based publisher Leonard Smithers. It was printed, in Amsterdam, on hand-made paper, in a limited edition of 100 copies. Many of these are supposed to have been destroyed by British customs officials in 1924. Crowley revised and extended White Stainsâ€™ pseudo-biographical project in his wildly inventive black parody of literary erotica, Snowdrops from a Curateâ€™s Garden (c. 1904). Snowdrops from a Curateâ€™s Garden and Raped on the Railway are available from Birchgrove Press.
Country USA
Brand Birchgrove Press
Manufacturer Birchgrove Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780987095664
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Birchgrove Press
Manufacturer	Birchgrove Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780987095664
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

White Stains The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop A Neuropath of the Second Empire

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