The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen (English) Paperback

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Arthur Machen is a significant figure in supernatural and horror literature, in the genre of 'weird fiction'. This collection brings together his best horror tales with a full contextual introduction and which helps to illuminate Machen's place in the literary and cultural milieu of 1890s Britain.

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Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentacle...Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal body of tales of occult horror, spiritual and physical corruption, and malignant survivals from the primeval past which horrified and scandalised-late-Victorian readers. Machen's 'weird fiction' has influenced generations of storytellers, from H. P. Lovecraft to Guillermo Del Toro-and it remains no less unsettling today.This new collection, which includes the complete novel The Three Impostors as well as such celebrated tales as The Great God Pan and The White People, constitutes the most comprehensive critical edition of Machen yet to appear. In addition to the core late-Victorian horror classics, a selection of lesser-known prose poems and later tales helps to present a fuller picture of the development of Machen's weird vision. The edition's introduction and notes contextualise the life and work of this foundational figure in the history of horror.

Author Biography

Aaron Worth is Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Boston University, having previously taught courses in English and American literature at Brandeis University. His book Imperial Media: Colonial and Information Systems in the British Literary Imagination, 1857-1918 was published by Ohio State UP in 2014 (reviewed in ILS and widely in scholarly journals; paperback edition in 2016). He has published essays on Victorian literature and culture in leading journals including Victorian Studies, Victorian Literature and Culture, and Victorian Poetry, as well as original horror fiction in magazines including Cemetery Dance and Aliterate. Worth is the author of the entry on Horror Fiction in the recent Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature (2015).

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Lost Club (1890)The Great God Pan (1894)The Inmost Light (1894)The Three Impostors; or, the Transmutations (1895)The Shining Pyramid (1895)The Red Hand (1895)From Ornaments in Jade (1897, 1924)Psychology, or, Fragments of PaperThe Rose GardenThe CeremonyThe TuraniansThe White People (1899)The Bowmen (1914)Out of the Earth (1915)The Coming of the Terror (1917)The Islington Mystery (1927)N (1935)The Children of the Pool (1936)Ritual (1937)ReferencesFurther Reading

Review

"This is a must-have collection of landmark tales of horror." - Publisher's Weekly

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Machen's "weird fiction" has influenced generations of storytellers, from H. P. Lovecraft to Guillermo Del. This is the most comprehensive critical edition of his tales.

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Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentacle...Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal body of tales of occult horror, spiritual and physical corruption, and malignant survivals from the primeval past which horrifiedand scandalised-late-Victorian readers. Machen's 'weird fiction' has influenced generations of storytellers, from H. P. Lovecraft to Guillermo Del Toro-and it remains no less unsettling today.Thisnew collection, which includes the complete novel The Three Impostors as well as such celebrated tales as The Great God Pan and The White People, constitutes the most comprehensive critical edition of Machen yet to appear. In addition to the core late-Victorian horror classics, a selection of lesser-known prose poems and later tales helps to present a fuller picture of the development of Machen's weird vision. The edition's introduction and notes contextualise thelife and work of this foundational figure in the history of horror.

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"This is a must-have collection of landmark tales of horror." - Publisher's Weekly

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"This is a must-have collection of landmark tales of horror." - Publisher's Weekly

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A new selection of Machen's core horror classics, a selection of his lesser-known prose poems and later tales helps to present a fuller picture of Machen's development.The first critical edition to include the complete novel The Three Impostors underpinned by scholarly research.Includes a chronology, bibliography, and notes to provide additional contextual interest.Machen's influence extends from H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and the fantasy cinema of Guillermo del Toro.

Details ISBN0198805101 Publisher Oxford University Press ISBN-10 0198805101 ISBN-13 9780198805106 Format Paperback Author Aaron Worth Pages 432 Year 2019 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Aaron Worth DEWEY 823.8 Birth 1955 Death 1947 Affiliation Barrister, Fountain Court Language English Series Oxford World's Classics Publication Date 2019-10-24 UK Release Date 2019-10-24 NZ Release Date 2019-10-24 Illustrator Alex Paterson Position Barrister Qualifications J.D. Alternative 9780198813163 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-11-06 We've got this

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