![]() ![]() Introduced to the general public through the Bodley Head’s seminal Keynotes Series, Machen and his macabre tales of the cosmos and the occult came to define the sinful decadence associated with the series’ entries. These artists orbited an evanescent but brilliant publisher, John Lane, and became arbiters of his publishing company, The Bodley Head. In a decade that produced some of Britain’s finest, most provocative literature-the “naughty” 1890’s-Machen and his tale of cosmic horror rose to the forefront of the literary landscape, alongside such other recognized artists as Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. It is a token of a short period in British history that seemed poised to usher in a new, intoxicating literary movement-that of decadence. ![]() The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light, written by Arthur Machen and published by The Bodley Head, is a work that exists outside the parameters and constraints of time. Lane, 1894.Īlden 5th Floor Archives and Special Collections PR6025.A245 G7 1894 The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light. Boston: Roberts London: J. ![]()
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