Hieroglyphics (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Note Upon Ecstasy in Literature

by Arthur Machen

Overview

In Hieroglyphics, published in 1902 and written in the guise of “an obscure literary hermit,” Machen states his creed as a writer. He discourses on the nature of art, concluding that true literature must convey a sense of ecstasy. This is a pioneering and influential work of literary theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411451575
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	04/19/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	199 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Arthur Machen (1863-1947), born Arthur Llewelyn Jones, was a Welsh author of Gothic-revival fantasy and horror stories which mixed fright with sex and decadence, and influenced other horror writers like H. P. Lovecraft. His “The Great God Pan” (1890) was deemed “Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language” by Stephen King.

Arthur Machen (1863-1947), born Arthur Llewelyn Jones, was a Welsh author of Gothic-revival fantasy and horror stories which mixed fright with sex and decadence, and influenced other horror writers like H. P. Lovecraft. His “The Great God Pan” (1890) was deemed “Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language” by Stephen King.