‘It was your Wickedness my Love to Win’: Towards an Appraisal of Aleister Crowley’s Decadent Period (1895–1898)
Abstract This paper will deal with one of the earliest phases of Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) life: his university years spent writing Decadent poetry. Contrary to the vast majority of previous critics, biographer John Symonds in primis , I will set forth the hypothesis that, far from being an ama...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Aries
Ano: 2021, Volume: 21, Número: 1, Páginas: 43-68 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947
/ Großbritannien
/ Literatura do decadentismo
/ História 1895-1898
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AA Ciências da religião KBF Ilhas Britânicas |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Decadentism
B aestheticism B Poetry B Aleister Crowley B Occultism |
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| Resumo: | Abstract This paper will deal with one of the earliest phases of Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) life: his university years spent writing Decadent poetry. Contrary to the vast majority of previous critics, biographer John Symonds in primis , I will set forth the hypothesis that, far from being an amateur and inconsistent lyricist, Crowley fit perfectly within the British Decadent milieu of his day, and should also be considered a bona fide Decadent poet, alongside his more famous colleagues Arthur Symons and Ernest Dowson. Through an analysis of Crowley’s Cambridge years, literary influences, and of the poet’s own verse, it will be my resolve to prove this hypothesis and situate the figure of Crowley qua poet as a legitimate representative of the Naughty Nineties, and to position his poetic output within the already accepted canon of British Decadent verse. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0593 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Aries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700593-02101007 |
