Decadent and Occult Works by Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen has finally been recognized as a key contributor to the glittering age of British Decadence. Best known for the novella The Great God Pan and for his formative influence on weird fiction, in fact much of Machen’s writing profoundly challenges literary and cultural convention. From the demonic horror of “The Recluse of Bayswater” to the plush occultism of The Hill of Dreams and the prose poems of Ornaments in Jade, this selection of works from throughout Machen’s career brings to life his unique symbolist aesthetics and spiritual philosophy.

This is the first edition of Machen’s work to foreground his Decadent and occult writing. It includes a scholarly introduction, extensive annotations, and revealing contextual materials. Engaging with the gems of Machen’s oeuvre, the collection invites readers to open their minds to a reality beyond the veil, the reality – in Machen’s view – that matters most.

See news item: Occult Wales (6 August 2018)

Reviews:

‘What’s here will certainly enliven the reading lists of many undergraduate courses on the Victorian Gothic, but, hopefully, it will also allow Machen to be seen not simply as a writer of ‘shockers’ but as a significant and distinctive contributor to the wider literature of his day. The edition is bolstered by a helpful bibliography of secondary works and a chronology of Machen’s life and times. It is well produced and very competitively priced, meaning that it should find a home on university reading lists as well as on the hungry shelves of acquisitive Machenites such as myself.’ — Nick Freeman, Volupté 1.2, Winter 2018, 165-70
‘This is an invaluable scholarly edition of Machen's work which makes a thoughtful case for his profound, but idiosyncratic contribution to Decadence.’ — Timothy J. Jarvis, Faunus 38, 2018, 56
‘In taking the complexities of Machen’s relationship with the Decadent movement as its starting point, Denisoff’s volume is a significant intervention. ... There is an authentic sense of the volume as a carefully curated experience... a valuable teaching edition.’ — Jane Ford, Modern Language Review 115.3, July 2020, 712-13 (full text online)

Contents:

vii-vii	Illustrations Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.3	Cite
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viii-ix	Acknowledgements Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.4	Cite
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1-34	Introduction - Arthur Machen’s Chamber of Decadence Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.5	Cite
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36-42	1 The Lost Club (1890) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.6	Cite
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43-88	2 The Great God Pan (1894) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.7	Cite
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89-109	3 The Recluse of Bayswater (1895) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.8	Cite
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110-250	4 The Hill of Dreams (1907) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.9	Cite
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251-255	5 The Bowmen (1914) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.10	Cite
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256-258	6 The Rose Garden (1924) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.11	Cite
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259-261	7 The Turanians (1924) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.12	Cite
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262-265	8 The Idealist (1924) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.13	Cite
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266-268	9 The Ceremony (1924) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.14	Cite
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269-274	10 Ritual (1937) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.15	Cite
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276-282	11 The Literature of Occultism (1899) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.16	Cite
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283-291	12 Excerpts from Hieroglyphics - A Note upon Ecstasy in Literature (1902) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.17	Cite
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292-299	13 Introduction to The Angels of Mons - The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War (1915) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.18	Cite
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300-308	14 Introduction to The Great God Pan (1916) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.19	Cite
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310-315	15 Arthur Edward Waite - Excerpts from The Occult Sciences (1891) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.20	Cite
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316-320	16 Florence Marryat - Chapter XI, A Chance Séance with a Stranger, from The Spirit World (1894) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.21	Cite
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321-325	17 William Leonard Courtney - Novels and Nerves (1895) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.22	Cite
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326-330	18 Arthur Sykes - The Great Pan-Demon - An Unspeakable Story (1895) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.23	Cite
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331-331	19 Review of The Three Impostors (1896) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.24	Cite
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332-337	20 Alfred Egmont Hake, Chapter IX - The Religion of Self, from Regeneration - A Reply to Max Nordau (1896) Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.25	Cite
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338-340	21 Review of The Hill of Dreams Dennis Denisoff doi:10.2307/j.ctv3znwr1.26	Cite
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