I just finished reading The three impostors, a masterpiece by Arthur Machen in 1895.
This is a novel made up of several seemingly unrelated stories, but in fact connected by a precise plot, which will be revealed at the end. Mr. Dyson and Mr. Phillipps two friends are very different: the first is a writer who believes in the power of the spirit and mind, while the second is the more rational and scientific mind. The two roam the London of the late nineteenth century in search of adventure, and I found a very special ... and dangerous.
The novel is a staple of fantasy literature. Can be considered a hermetic Decameron, a collection of stories told by mysterious figures, which have the theme of adventure and the supernatural. The sources of inspiration are more The Thousand and One Nights and in general everything Robert Louis Stevenson, the great literary reference to Machen. For the record find themselves in contact with the bomber and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
This work, like all of Machen, stand as the basis and starting point for all the precious writings of HP Lovecraft, Machen he considered a master and a reference point. A story in the novel seems directly inspired many episodes of Cthulhu cycle.
The evolution of the novel is circular: the finale brings us directly to the point where the player is gone. The London described a mysterious world, cosmopolitan, the true center of the world, the true magic capital. Is mixed with the typical adventure of the late nineteenth century English literature along with a great interest in the fantstico and obscurity.
That is an interesting figure of Machen and sadly misunderstood, which has inspired a lot of genre fiction of the twentieth century. Not only Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, but also (another great forgotten). The passion for the fantasy genre seems to stem from his association with the esoteric group "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn." The most famous work, however Machen The Great God Pan (1890) , where nature appears as something mysterious and terrible violence, embodied in the ancient figure of Pan ...
The three impostors is a cornerstone of English literature of the late nineteenth century and an excellent starting point to find an imaginative writer, never boring and not at all common as Machen. To learn about
Machen see the Italian page wiki, then moved to the English in which is more complete. Here is a rather comprehensive site in English dedicated to the author.
The novel is a staple of fantasy literature. Can be considered a hermetic Decameron, a collection of stories told by mysterious figures, which have the theme of adventure and the supernatural. The sources of inspiration are more The Thousand and One Nights and in general everything Robert Louis Stevenson, the great literary reference to Machen. For the record find themselves in contact with the bomber and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
This work, like all of Machen, stand as the basis and starting point for all the precious writings of HP Lovecraft, Machen he considered a master and a reference point. A story in the novel seems directly inspired many episodes of Cthulhu cycle.
The evolution of the novel is circular: the finale brings us directly to the point where the player is gone. The London described a mysterious world, cosmopolitan, the true center of the world, the true magic capital. Is mixed with the typical adventure of the late nineteenth century English literature along with a great interest in the fantstico and obscurity.
That is an interesting figure of Machen and sadly misunderstood, which has inspired a lot of genre fiction of the twentieth century. Not only Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, but also (another great forgotten). The passion for the fantasy genre seems to stem from his association with the esoteric group "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn." The most famous work, however Machen The Great God Pan (1890) , where nature appears as something mysterious and terrible violence, embodied in the ancient figure of Pan ...
The three impostors is a cornerstone of English literature of the late nineteenth century and an excellent starting point to find an imaginative writer, never boring and not at all common as Machen. To learn about
Machen see the Italian page wiki, then moved to the English in which is more complete. Here is a rather comprehensive site in English dedicated to the author.
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