Daya daga cikin na farko kuma mafi saurin ci gaba da gado na Edgar Allan Poe wannan ɗan Welsh ɗin ne tare da ruhun azaba wanda, idan reincarnations ya tsallake shekaru goma, ya ƙare yana nunawa a cikin aiki da rayuwar ƙwararren Baltimore. Lalle za ku samu a ciki Arthur Machen wani mai ba da labari daga zurfin ruhi, inda haske ba ya isa kuma tsoro yana matsawa tare da ji ta jiki na ƙuntatawa ga ruhu.
Hakanan gaskiya ne cewa da alama Machen shine hanyar da ta ɓace tsakanin Poe da Lovecraft, hadawa a cikin tsaka-tsakin lokacin rayuwarsa tsakanin manyan allurai biyu na tsoro da fantasies. A ƙarshe, wannan ninkaya tsakanin ruwa biyu na iya yin aiki da shi don aikin da ya yi don cimma fifikon sauran biyun. Domin wani lokacin yana da kyau a mayar da hankali kan harbi fiye da karkatar da makircin.
Lokaci, duk da haka, koyaushe yana ƙare yin adalci don aikin babban marubuci. Machen yana zaune a teburin tare da Poe da Lovecraft. Kuma tare su uku suka sha giyarsu ko abin da suke so. delirium ya girgiza. Domin daga can ne kawai za ku iya isa ga wasu wuraren da ko mafarki ba sa kai.
Manyan littattafan da aka ba da shawarar 3 na Arthur Machen
Babban allahn Pan
Yanayin, yanayin mu, yana da wannan ɓangaren sihiri wanda aka taɓa fassara shi zuwa almara, tatsuniyoyi har ma da imani, kamar yadda labarin ya wuce daga tsara zuwa tsara. Tsoro kuma ya mamaye cewa tunanin da munin mutuwa sun sami cikakken bayani a cikin esoteric har ma da masu ba da labari.
Malami, mai fassara, mai karantawa, mai karanta littattafan da ba a saba gani ba, mai wasan kwaikwayo kuma musamman ɗan jarida, Machen ya fassara mafarkai da mafarkai na melancholic zuwa takarda tare da wannan ƙarancin ƙarfi da kaɗaici irin na waƙoƙi, yana ƙoƙarin warware ɓoyayyun ɓoyayyun ɓoyayyun abubuwan da suka wuce wanzuwar da kuma wajen lokaci da yin kyakkyawa da firgitarwa suna haɗuwa a cikin labarun su.
Ba kamar Le Fanu ko MR James ba, Machen, wanda asalinsa na Celtic ya yi wahayi, bai rubuta game da fatalwa ba, sai dai game da runduna ta farko, la'ana ta tsira, ko mugayen iko da tatsuniyoyi da tatsuniyoyi ke kira, kamar "ƙananan mutane." ", wannan ƙabila mai ban tsoro da ban tsoro kafin Celtic, baƙar fata da masu tsatsauran ra'ayi, an tilasta musu zama a cikin hanji na duniya, inda har yanzu tana gudanar da ayyukanta na sadaukarwa. Wannan juzu'in yana tattara manyan labarai guda huɗu (Babban Allah Pan, Haske A Cikinsa, Littafin Novel of the Black Seal da The Novel of the White Dust), wanda ya yi tasiri sosai ga babban firgici na allahntaka, HP Lovecraft.
Tudun mafarki
Kamar sabon Dorian Gray, Lucian yana neman yin wa kansa sarari a cikin babban birni mai cike da dama, fitilu da inuwa. Daga cikin jarabawar da ke da'awar kansa, mafi inuwar inuwa tana ba shi azabar maganadis wanda a cikin tsohuwar duniyar sa ta kasance a cikin makaho mai hazo mara nauyi.
The Hill of Dreams (1907) yana ba da labarin rayuwar Lucian, matashin mafarkin Welsh wanda ya yi hijira zuwa London, inda yake rayuwa mara kyau. «Matashin jarumi ?? Lovecraft yayi sharhi ?? yana kula da sihirin wancan tsohon yanayin Welsh, wanda shine marubucin nasa, kuma yana jagorantar rayuwar mafarki a cikin garin Isca Silurum na Roman, yanzu an rage shi zuwa ƙauyen Caerleon-on-Usk, cike da ragowar kayan tarihi ». "Babu shakka abin gwanin ban sha'awa ne… Yadda wannan mafarki na farkawa yake a Rome! … Machen titan ne… tabbas mafi girman marubuci mai rai », HPL mai farin ciki ya ci gaba da tabbatarwa.
Ta'addanci da sauran tatsuniyoyin ban mamaki
Labarin mai ban tsoro ya ƙare ganowa a cikin ɓarna kuma ya bambanta sarari don farkar da abubuwan jin daɗi.
Mai son sihiri da alchemy, Machen ya shiga cikin tsarin ba da shawara na Golden Dawn a cikin 1900, kuma bayan shekaru goma ya zama wani É“angare na ma'aikatan edita na jaridar Yammacin Labaran, inda ya wallafa haÉ—in gwiwa da yawa akan kayan tarihi, tatsuniya, laifukan tarihi, da yawa sauran batutuwa. Ya wallafa mafi yawan labaransa a cikin mujallu daban -daban, daga baya ya tattara su a cikin tatsuniyoyi kamar "The House of Souls" (1906), "The Angels ofons" (1915), "The Shining Pyramid" (1923) da sauransu.
Wannan ƙarar tana tattaro ɗan gajeren labari ("El ta'addanci", 1917) da tatsuniyoyi ashirin da biyu na nau'in almara, yawancin su jaruman jarumai sun damu da lamirin su mai laifi kuma sun gamsu da asalin ikon su. Daga nau'ikan jigo na wannan zaɓin akwai kyawawan misalai na labarai kamar "The Red Hand", wanda tsoffin runes da sihiri ke tafiya hannu da hannu; "Abubuwan alfarma", wanda ke faruwa a gabar Welsh; "Psychology", wanda ke tayar da taken Jekyll da Hyde; da "Tsaro", "Hasken haske" da "Munitions na yaƙi", wanda aka saita a Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, da kuma "Ta'addanci", labari wanda Machen ya kawo ingantacciyar ka'idar makirci mai alaƙa da haɓaka Ayyukan farko. babban yakin Turai shine ya ba da shawarar wani abu mafi girma kuma mafi muni wanda ba a bayyana shi ba. '
