Schwob, one of the key symbolist writers, presents 22 mythopoeic literary portraits of figures from ancient history, art history, and the history of crime and punishment. From demi-gods, sorcerers, incendiaries, wantons and philosophers of the ancient world, to the 'poet of hate' Cecco Angiolieri and the painter Paolo Uccello, through to the pirates William Kid and Major Stede-Bonney, and finally the serial killers Burke and Hare, this is a vivid array of characters who display all that is macabre, deviant and terrifying in human beings and in life.
- ISBN10 0982046413
- ISBN13 9780982046418
- Publish Date 1 April 2009
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 1 July 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Solar Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 141
- Language English