The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)

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. The Tales: The Lost Cub -- The Great God Pan -- The Inmost Light -- The Three Imposters -- The Red Hand -- The Shining Pyramid -- The Turanians -- The Idealist -- Witchcraft -- The Ceremony -- Psychology -- Midsummer -- The White People -- The Bowmen -- The Monstrance -- N -- The Tree Of Life -- Change -- Ritual. Arthur Machen ; Edited With An Introduction And Notes By Aaron Worth. Published In The Us By Dover Publications, 2018. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories Copyright Acknowledgements Contents Introduction Life and Work Deep Gothic ‘To the Nth and to Infinity’ Note on the Text Select Bibliography Biography Bibliography Critical Studies Further Reading in Oxford World’s Classics A Chronology of Arthur Machen The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories THE LOST CLUB THE GREAT GOD PAN THE EXPERIMENT MR CLARKE’S MEMOIRS THE CITY OF RESURRECTIONS THE DISCOVERY IN PAUL STREET THE LETTER OF ADVICE THE SUICIDES THE ENCOUNTER IN SOHO THE FRAGMENTS THE INMOST LIGHT I II III IV V THE THREE IMPOSTORS PROLOGUE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLD TIBERIUS THE ENCOUNTER OF THE PAVEMENT WHOLESALE LYNCHING ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING BROTHER INCIDENT OF THE PRIVATE BAR THE DECORATIVE IMAGINATION THE RECLUSE OF BAYSWATER STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN CLERKENWELL ADVENTURE OF THE DESERTED RESIDENCE THE RED HAND THE PROBLEM OF THE FISH-HOOKS INCIDENT OF THE LETTER SEARCH FOR THE VANISHED HEAVEN THE ARTIST OF THE PAVEMENT STORY OF THE TREASURE HOUSE THE SHINING PYRAMID I II III IV V THE TURANIANS THE IDEALIST WITCHCRAFT THE CEREMONY PSYCHOLOGY MIDSUMMER THE WHITE PEOPLE PROLOGUE THE GREEN BOOK EPILOGUE THE BOWMEN THE MONSTRANCE N I II III IV V THE TREE OF LIFE I II III CHANGE RITUAL EXPLANATORY NOTES ABBREVIATIONS THE LOST CLUB THE GREAT GOD PAN THE INMOST LIGHT THE THREE IMPOSTORS THE RED HAND THE SHINING PYRAMID THE TURANIANS THE IDEALIST THE CEREMONY PSYCHOLOGY THE WHITE PEOPLE THE BOWMEN THE MONSTRANCE N THE TREE OF LIFE CHANGE RITUAL 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 scandalized 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 contextualize the life and work of this foundational figure in the history of horror. Contents: - The Lost Club - The Great God Pan - The Inmost Light - The Three Impostors - The Red Hand - The Shining Pyramid - The Turanians - The Idealist - Witchcraft - The Ceremony - Psychology - Midsummer - The White People - The Bowmen - The Monstrance - The Tree of Life - Change - Ritual. 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.