The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan (Tales of the Weird)

ISBN 10: 0712354964 / ISBN 13: 9780712354967

Published by British Library Publishing, 2023

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Synopsis:

…and then the music was so loud, so beautiful that I couldn’t think of anything else. I was completely lost to the music, enveloped by melody which was part of Pan.

In 1894, Arthur Machen’s landmark novella The Great God Pan was published, sparking the sinister resurgence of the pagan goat god. Writers of the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, such as Oscar Wilde, E. M. Forster and Margery Lawrence, took the god’s rebellious influence as inspiration to spin beguiling tales of social norms turned upside down and ancient ecological forces compelling their protagonists to ecstatic heights or bizarre dooms.<br
Assembling ten tales and six poems – along with Machen’s novella – from the boom years of Pan-centric literature, this new collection revels in themes of queer awakening, transgression against societal bonds and the bewitching power of the wild as it explores a rapturous and culturally significant chapter in the history of weird fiction.

About the Author: MICHAEL WHEATLEY is a practice-based researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, whose work explores weird fiction in the age of climate crisis. He lectures at the University of Worcester and published the experimental short story collection, The Writers' Block, in 2019.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God...
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good