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Available
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Publication
Ringwood : Penguin, 1986.
Description
THE ROSICRUCIAN MYTH IS RETOLD IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY COMIC NOVEL, WHICH DRAWWS ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE OCCULT EPIGRAMS OF MICHAEL MAIER THE 17TH CENTURY ALCHEMIST AND CHIEF APOLGIST FOR THE ROSICRUCIAN MOVEMENT. FOSTER'S ICONOCLASTIC ACCOUNT OF HIS YOUTHFUL HERO'S TRAVELS IN THE EAST, IS AT ONCE A PICARESQUE FICTION, A SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY, AN ETHIC FOR THE DRUG USER, AND A DEEPLY FELT LAMENT FOR T THE NOW DEPARTED SPIRIT OF THE 1960S. FOSTER BEGAN THIS WORK IN 1973 AND COMPLETED IT IN 1980. HE REGARDS IT AS HIS FINEST NOVEL. CERTAINLY, IN THIS INTELLECTUAL AND IMAGINATIVE GUSTO, IT REPRESENTS A BELATED PEAK IN THE 20TH CENTURY MODERNISTIC COMIC NOV
User reviews
LibraryThing member denmoir
Something of a mix of Candide and Monty Python; entertaining but a little bit weird.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
160 p.; 19.8 cm
ISBN
0140077014 / 9780140077018
Local notes
Omslag: Kim Roberts
Omslaget viser en drage
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Illustrationen er baseret på et træsnit af Merian fra Michael Maier's Atlanta Fugiens fra det 17. århundrede
Omslaget viser en drage
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Illustrationen er baseret på et træsnit af Merian fra Michael Maier's Atlanta Fugiens fra det 17. århundrede
Pages
160
DDC/MDS
823 |