Antonin Artaud - Heliogabalus, or the Crowned Anarchist BOOK REVIEW

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[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

Heliogabalus as a figure has appeared in paintings, sculptures, and is mentioned in all sorts of stories, from Wilde's Dorian Gray, H.L. Mencken, De Sade's Juliette , Neil Gaiman comics, Lovecraft's Re-Animator, A Rebours, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Poe. I think Genet wrote a play that's now lost into the bargain.

[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

erenow.net/biographies/the-crimes-of-elagabalus/10.php here's a good overview -

[@etinarcadiaego5708]

I believe Mishima even mentioned him early on in "Confessions of a Mask," while describing his...uh, Coliseum fantasies.

[@Johnny-mp2ew]

I'm here from red flood Faster! Faster! Faster!!

[@Marc-zi4vg]

Red flood fans : _what do you expect from a guy who waged war against reality_

[@TheImpostorsGames]

in argentina, a great musician, one of a kind genius made an entire album dedicated to this guy. the musician is Luis Alberto Spinetta under the name of "Pescado Rabioso" and, the album name is Artaud. Maybe you should check it out!

[@opses546]

Great rec, thanks!

[@tomriordan6008]

I just ordered this book by Infinityland Press. I studied history in college and I am still fascinated by the Roman Empire. I have been reading about the life of Artaud and he seems like a strange and fascinating person. I have also heard good things about his work called 'Van Gough,Suicided By Society' and I will probably check that out in one of the anthologies of his work that are available.

[@thewaywardpoet]

I've got to tell you, man, I was hooked the minute I watched your introduction. I've been meaning to read Artaud for the longest time now (namely his poetry), but sadly, he doesn't appear to be as accessible here in the States as he is elsewhere, which is a shame because, based upon what I know of him, he was a truly remarkable figure. He took peyote in the Southwest and lived a life as a wildly unconventional writer and person. Though I'm only about halfway through your review, I'm already placing my order for the book! Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

[@liquidpebbles7475]

You can download any book for free at libgen

[@ngdsmedia8189]

Today I bought a collection of Antonin Artaud essays and letters and now this... what a lovely day.

[@AikiraBeats]

How do you go about reading an essay is it different from reading a fiction or a classic ?

[@nnnnn2010]

The best thing I’ll remember doing in my vacation is spending my mornings drinking coffee and learning to your videos 💙

[@nnnnn2010]

Listening * 😔

[@lopilkderlll]

I absolutely love everything that Martin Bladh (founder of Infinity Land Press) is involved with. Check out his band IRM.

[@tysonhalfacre8314]

Recently found ur channel and am glad I did. Another great review

[@louisszafra4361]

I usually don't comment, but I just wanted you to know how much I enjoy your videos. I stumbled upon your channel a while ago and found that your taste in books is quite similar to mine. I appreciate that you review well known classics as well as rather obscure, unknown and foreign works, and I especially appreciate that you endorse literature from all over the world, not just the U.S. We need more of the cultural diversity you offer. I have a book recommendation, if you haven't already read it: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass. It's strange, surreal, funny, heartbreaking, beautifully written and one of my all time favorites. EDIT: I just remembered this: there is a scene in The Tin Drum, Oskar’s birth, that reminded me a lot of the birth of Euchrid Eucrow from Nick Cave’s And the Ass Saw the Angel. There are actually quite a few parallels between the two characters. I had the chance to talk to Cave at an event last year and asked him whether he had been inspired by The Tin Drum (he lived in Berlin at the time he wrote it, and The Tin Drum is a German novel). He denied it and said his two major inspirations were Faulkner and O'Connor. I felt like he didn't like the question; for some reason he seems almost somewhat ashamed of his debut novel, said he should have set it in Australia instead of the American South and would do a lot of things differently if he was to write it again. But still I think that there some similarities. Might be interesting for someone who liked the Cave novel. He also gave me a recommendation: the poetry of Frederick Seidel. Might be worth checking out.

[@lordpumpernickle6017]

Great vid as always. There is this obscure book from NYRB called “Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp” by Józef Czapski that would be perfect for you to review.

[@matthewmclaughlin4609]

I’ve never heard of this guy but you got me intrigued, thanks.

[@shubhangacharya8276]

So Public Castration was a good idea back then too huh? Love your work. Great review.

[@etinarcadiaego5708]

It's unfortunately somewhat difficult to find now, but the English author Robert Nye's "The Life and Death of My Lord Gilles de Rais" is another excellent (and meticulously researched) meditation on madness, religion, and twisted obsession.

[@ami4511]

Thank you for the recommendation it sounded interesting. I just bought a copy second hand for cheap

[@athousandgreatbooks]

Truly, there is a correlation between madness and art, or madness and genius, as I'm experiencing with Kafka's The Trial. That dude was condemned.

[@rupsabanerjee437]

Yep. So true. :/

[@rodionromanovich449]

"Like a dog!!!"

[@sethhale235]

Smiths reference. Just wanted to point that out. Nice.

[@Ivan-Manzo]

Came here to comment that but you're fast 😔

[@gotterdammerung6088]

Hell yeah

[@lacanian1500]

and heaven knows I'm miserable nooow

[@titiavandeneertwegh3170]

I was going to say the same. 😄

[@betodamasceno2404]

Mozzer rules!

[@nolandost3070]

I'm in the midst of reading through The Aeneid and some Roman-tinged debauchery would be a nice change of pace for me. Just picked up a copy to commemorate a move to a new apartment too. Cheers!

[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

Wow, never thought I'd see anyone review this one. Artaud was an interesting actor too, in Joan of Arc and Napoleon. Bowie was a fan of him. If even a quarter of what historians wrote about Heliogabalus is true, quite something.

[@hvnman_f4]

Listen to L.A Spinetta concept album masterpiece "Artaud" a classic of latin american rock and inspired by the work of artaud

[@ThomasCornejo]

Rather than inspired by, it's a form of artistic reaccion to the writings of Artaud

[@bookwaeys4686]

Someone recommended me an interesting Heliogabalus biography a few months ago, looking forward to reading it. And I recently bought a novel about him called "Mountain of Light" ("Berg van Licht") by Louis Couperus, a decadent Dutch writer.

[@titiavandeneertwegh3170]

Ben zeer benieuwd naar wat je van Couperus vindt.

[@BurtTurbo]

I appreciate the hard work you’re putting into this channel. Any chance you’d like to review Ablusions, by Patrick DeWitt, or Sirens by Joshua Mohr?

[@Ryan_Ek2]

I’d love to see you make a video some day on The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, or some historical novels about Roman emperors like John Williams’s Augustus or Gore Vidal’s Julian.

[@matijamarkovic6484]

I'm so glad I watched this video. Very interesting book.

[@leal9910]

Hey! I deeply enjoy your videos! Keep the amazing work! If I may recommend a book for review, I recently read “A Long of the Sea”, by Isabel Allende and it is absolutely incredible! It tells the life long story of a few refugees from the Spanish Civil War that end up in Chile. It has a lot of heart, taps onto historical events from European and Latin American history and brings on interesting reflexions on the volatility of life. Thanks!

[@Zinerun]

Love your work.

[@WillShakes423]

Hey, Cliff. If you take requests, I recommend the short story "Lazarus" by Leonid Andreyev. I read it many times and the first time I did, I was left with dread. It chilled me to the bone.

[@SalwaKud]

would love to hear your thoughts on - Salome by Aubrey Beardsley/Oscar Wilde Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

[@AlaviAnanMeem]

Please do Restraint of Beasts next! I've been dying for someone to properly review it.

[@bobhopper609]

Great review. You should read Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada sometime (assuming you haven't). It's about this German couple right before Hitler's rise to power, and it's so quaint yet crushing in how they try to survive.

[@junechevalier]

Please review Mina Loy's Insel, it's quite underappreciated I think

[@ChickpeaTwo]

Along with “Theatre and Its Double” I would also recommend Peter Weiss’ “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” (also known as Marat/Sade)

[@dudezillasf]

If you can see the play live - DO IT.

[@therealignotus7549]

Please read Robert Musils : The confussions of young master Törless, then after that you can move on to his magnus opus : The man without qualities, probably the most complex and most difficult book in the 20th century

[@gv5884]

I must beg you to, please, read "The Brothers: A Novel", by Lebanese descent Brazilian author Milton Hatoum, as well as "We Were Six", by Maria José Dupré! Those two are some of favourite books, and are so efficient in representing (dysfunctional) family dynamics that when I finished them, I was speechless, and spent hours reflecting about them.

[@finalmuzak274]

Love the Acephale shirt! I was considering getting one off of etsy

[@alexandras.9684]

It's time to review some Patricia Highsmith, Cliff!

[@adamrubin6248]

What about Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis: Cliff, any reviews coming forth for her work?

[@Captain1nsaneo]

Eunuchs were normally used as servants of important women for both safety of lineage and pleasure. They also show up a lot in the bureaucracy, not totally sure why, if I had to guess probably were assumed to be less ambitious as they had no progeny to leave things to.

[@scratchedbycats]

Thank you for the recommendation and the background information about the author, I'm really intrigued by him. As for the book itself, it would be a great addition to my beloved books that in someway are related to the Roman world... Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar Augustus by John Williams Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (the philosopher emperor himself) And to a tangential degree a glimpse into the Roman world is present in one of my favorite books ever written (although not properly finished) "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov Cheers

[@ami4511]

I'm a fan of those! Along the same vein here are another three which may be of interest to those who like Roman history Julian by Gore Vidal I, Claudius by Robert Graves (there's also a sequel and TV series) Count Belisarius, by Robert Graves (Eastern Roman/Byzantine empire) I heard Quo Vadis which is set during the time of Emperor Nero is worth reading too. The author Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel prize in literature but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

[@scratchedbycats]

@@ami4511 Thank You Ami!

[@luisamazer6570]

man, you just make my list of books to read grow ... great books! (I need to learn to read faster)

[@boringbob7156]

I would recommend you to review Shakuntala by Kalidasa. As it has been quoted by Hermann Maleville in the Moby Dick.

[@Ben-vf8jv]

Damn, just read this earlier this summer. Definitely a good pick.

[@jailhousephilosopher3309]

I was searching for “heliodorus” in best first century writings to compare to biblical writings. I don’t read books, this review was very entertaining, especially the reading.

[@mikeprendergast1826]

Surrealist literature. I've never read anything in this genre because I wouldn't know where to start. Would you consider doing a post on your favourite surrealist fiction and where to start. Thanks

[@ilicha8381]

If you have read Heliogabalus or The Crowned Anarchist and you are wondering about questions who is Ram, what is the Principle Gods, who is Apollonius of Tyana. Read Heliogabalus or the Crowned Alchemist by Ilios Chailly. A book on Heliogabalus and Antonin Artaud

[@andrejjovicevic7433]

I suggest you read Artaud's early correspondence with Riviere

[@reaganwiles_art]

. . . Intriguing content, style for miles, crisp lines, clean subtle editing, fun, made me laugh too, thanks again; were I not unemployed living in a halfway house, estranged from society, family, everyone, and don't want to fit in or have a job, I'd start sending money again--Anyhow, I may do so yet! When the time comes to make the decision, out the window, back to the streets, or . . . what's always an as nearly painful compromise get a job, pay rent, but I mean hey this is the best halfway house in the world, and it saved my ass, and refurbished my life once (yes, I'm back again after trying it my way); . . . . Can you imagine a world in which a Heliogabalus rather than a Harry Potter became the prominent pop cult. lit. sensation! I don't think I would like that very much. The myth intrigues. The darlings of the masse never do.

[@reaganwiles_art]

@Ozymandias Heliogabal Nullifidian Thanks for saying so, there will be more I think

[@reaganwiles_art]

@Ozymandias Heliogabal Nullifidian personally, I don't believe I live this way by choice, if I suggest that in my speech and writing about myself I would say it's an unconscious rationalization--it is out of the sickness of fear and resentment that I have lived as I have. I would not have chosen to suffer as I have, homelessness, jail, prison, much physical pain, dereliction, destitution--no I would not have chose it

[@50hzlegend56]

You can now in fact buy this book on Amazon kindle. I bought the earlier paperback some time ago for an exorbitant price. If ever anyone was the architype of the man mad with the truth it was Artaud

[@13tuyuti]

Nice Acephale T-shirt.

[@nowheredan27]

Hair game on point my man.

[@rafalvarenga]

the theather and its double is a book about life aproach imo, as is much like nietzsche's work. beautifull stuff. lifechanging.

[@90RavenBlack]

Well...turns out I've been pronouncing Artaud's name wrong all this time.

[@sarkerasaduzzaman7768]

I live in a small 3rd world country named Bangladesh and if it is not available in amazon how could i grab this one?

[@titiavandeneertwegh3170]

It does seem to be available by Amazon. Otherwise perhaps try Bookdepository?

[@andrejajurecic1050]

Yes! Excellent book! ❤

[@f.simongrant6006]

I wonder if this is Artaud's response to Ubu Roi.

[@michaelomalley6732]

Does anyone know if Mr. Sargent gets a kickback from us buying through the link in bio?

[@michaelomalley6732]

I will buy that way if so.

[@BetterThanFoodBookReviews]

Normally I would through Amazon links in each video, however not this time, which is fine, though if you buy it through that link it will support the press, which is great. Thanks!

[@dangelowilliamcs]

Hi from Brasil!

[@laylacaldas]

Ok. Now I wanna read it.

[@victorteodoro9325]

Is that a 70s copy of gravity's rainbow?

[@iantalbot3727]

Cliff, what’s up with The path to consumption, man?

[@dc_pratt]

I actually did find it on Amazon. I didnt buy from there. Just added to a wish list for future reference.

[@bobsbigboy_]

amazon is evil

[@ericfraley7330]

Do the romance of the three kingdoms next

[@TheGreyPeregrine]

I would recommend you read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

[@kanelowrey4089]

Mental illness often improves art. Well said, now I'll go and try to become mad.

[@noone-jb7cu]

Oh we've been in the house too long..

[@noone-jb7cu]

Great review by the way 🥰

[@sidclark1953]

You like transgressive and industrial music then you should try the little books published by Philip Best and his Amphetamine Sulphate press.

[@adamyoung6797]

Ah, that’s where the line is from

[@postedandelivered]

You and @fantano need to do a collab, @KZbin

[@abdurrazzaq2314]

the music guy?

[@tomriordan6008]

I finished this book a few weeks ago. It was unusual and there is a good story in there somewhere, but Artaud does not tell the story in the most compelling way. This is too bad because this teenage Roman emperor was apparently a hedonistic transvestite. Artaud keeps suggesting that Heliogabalus was an anarchist, but I think he was just a spoiled rebellious teenager. I would like to see this story told in a more conventional way with character development and dialog to make the story come to life.

[@jpnov]

Tatiana Feltrin brought me here!

[@Blehsphemy]

A random kind stranger on Omegle suggested me this channel. If you're reading this, I appreciate it. Sorry that I couldn't say goodbye properly. Take care! :)

[@dalesharpe9098]

Isn't it 'The Crowned Antichrist'?

[@hope6840]

Revolted and clothed by iron by blood, by fire, by bones, goes forward........cursing the invisible.........in order to end the judgment of God.

[@fanny3647]

I'm kind of jealous, your edition of Heliogabalus is wayyyy nicer than the French one

[@StopFear]

These French mid century shock writers do not stand the test of time. So pretentious. Seems every one of them was trying to hard to go against the grain of society that it made them appear simply dishonest.

[@John-mf1sz]

Is that a Smiths reference I smell? Two years too late but eh, whatever.

[@maximosmagyar9653]

I too shit on Marxism

[@jackoneste128]

"Mental illness often improves art... "

[@thani2720]

Welcome to Taiwan when the epidemic is over

[@bobsbigboy_]

SMITHS REFERENCE SMITHS REFERENCE SMITHS REFERENCE

[@titiavandeneertwegh3170]

Yes, we know

[@bobsbigboy_]

@@titiavandeneertwegh3170 i think its a good idea if you had a Magnum and a nice lie down. you seem a bit stressed. much love get well soon

[@torcaace]

Elegabalus was not an anarchist, probably because anarchism as a philosophy and ideology developed in the 19th century