ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua a me ka koke koke o ka hoʻoilina o Edgar Allan Poe ʻO kēia Welshman me kahi ʻuhane ʻehaʻeha nāna, inā hoʻi i ke ola hou ʻana i mau makahiki he XNUMX, ua pau ia i ka hana ʻia a me ke ola o ka loea Baltimore. E ʻike nō ʻoe ma ʻO Arthur Machen kahi haʻi moʻolelo ʻē aʻe mai ka hohonu o ka ʻuhane, kahi i hiki ʻole ai ka mālamalama a kaomi ka makaʻu me kona ʻano kino o ka hikī no ka ʻuhane.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi me he mea lā ʻo Machen ka loulou nalowale ma waena o Poe a Lovecraft, e hui pū ana i kona manawa ola waena ma waena o nā ʻano nui ʻelua o ka makaʻu a me nā moemoeā. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo kēia ʻauʻau ʻana ma waena o nā wai ʻelua i hana kūʻē iā ia no kāna hana e hoʻokō ai i ka transcendence o nā mea ʻelua ʻē aʻe. No ka mea i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i ka pana ma mua o ka hoʻololi ʻole i ka pā.
ʻO ka manawa naʻe, hoʻopau mau i ka hana pono no ka hana a kahi mea kākau nui. Noho ʻo Machen ma ka papaʻaina me Poe a me Lovecraft. A inu pū lākou ʻekolu i kā lākou waina a i nā mea a lākou e makemake ai. haʻalulu delirium. No ka mea ma laila wale ʻoe e hiki ai i kahi mau wahi i hiki ʻole ai i nā moeʻuhane.
ʻO nā puke kiʻekiʻe ʻoluʻolu na 3 na Arthur Machen
ʻO Pan ke akua nui
Nature, ko kākou kaiapuni, aia kēlā ʻaoʻao kupua i unuhi mua ʻia i ka moʻolelo, nā moʻolelo a me nā manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua hoʻoili ʻia ka moʻolelo mai kēlā hanauna a i kēia hanauna. Ua noho pū ka makaʻu i kēlā noʻonoʻo a me nā mea weliweli o ka make i loaʻa ka wehewehe pono ma ka esoteric a me ka telluric.
Tutor, mea unuhi, mea heluhelu, mea puke puke kakaʻī, mea hana keaka a ʻoi loa hoʻi ka mea kākau moʻolelo, ua unuhi ʻo Machen i kāna mau moe a me nā moemoeā melancholic i ka pepa me kēlā ʻano koʻikoʻi a me ka mehameha ʻano o ka poema, e hoʻāʻo ana e wehe i nā enigma huna loa ma ʻō aku o ka noho a ma waho o ka manawa a me ka hana ʻana. kani pū ka nani a me ka weliweli i kā lākou mau moʻolelo.
ʻAʻole like me Le Fanu a i ʻole MR James, ʻo Machen, i hoʻoulu ʻia e kona kumu Celtic, ʻaʻole ia i kākau e pili ana i nā ʻuhane, akā e pili ana i nā mana elemental, ola ʻino, a i ʻole nā mana ʻino i kāhea ʻia e nā moʻolelo a me nā moʻolelo moʻolelo, e like me ka "kanaka." "liʻiliʻi." ", ʻo kēlā lāhui enigmatic a weliweli hoʻi ma mua o Celtic, ʻeleʻele a keu, koi ʻia e noho i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka honua, kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau ai ʻo ia i kāna mau ʻoihana kaumaha. ʻO kēia puke e hōʻiliʻili i ʻehā mau moʻolelo nui (The Great God Pan, The Light Within, The Novel of the Black Seal and The Novel of the White Dust), ka mea i hoʻoikaika nui i ka haku o ka hoʻoweliweli supernatural, ʻo HP Lovecraft.
Ka puʻu moeʻuhane
E like me kahi Dorian Gray hou, ʻimi ʻo Lucian e hana i kahi nona iho i ke kūlanakauhale nui piha i nā manawa kūpono, nā kukui a me nā aka. Ma waena o nā hoʻowalewale e koi iā ia no lākou iho, hāʻawi nā aka hoʻowalewale iā ia i kahi hopena magnet i kāna ao bucolic mua i ka pō makapō wale nō.
ʻO ka Hill of Dreams (1907) haʻi i ke ola o Lucian, kahi moeʻuhane Welsh ʻōpio i neʻe aku i Ladana, kahi i noho maikaʻi ʻole ʻo ia. «ʻO ke koa ʻōpio ?? ʻO Lovecraft i ʻōlelo ?? ʻike maʻalahi ʻo ia i ka hoʻokalakupua o kēlā wahi Welsh kahiko, nona ponoʻī ka mea kākau, a alakaʻi i kahi ola moemoeā i ke kūlanakauhale Roma o Isca Silurum, i hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻia i ke kauhale o Caerleon-on-Usk, kikoʻī ʻia me nā koena archaeological. «He kanalua ʻole ia he mea haku ... pehea ka moʻo o kēlā moeʻuhane ala i Roma! ... He titan ʻo Machen ... ʻoiai ʻo ka mea kākau ola nui », hele mai e hōʻoia i kahi HPL pīhoihoi.
Ka weliweli a me nā moʻolelo ʻē aʻe o ka haole
Ua pau ka moʻolelo hoʻoweliweli i ka ʻike ʻana i nā anomalies a hoʻohālikelike i kahi e hoʻāla aʻe i nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe.
He peahi o ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka alchemy, ua hui ʻo Machen i ka papa esoteric o ka Golden Dawn i ka makahiki 1900, a he ʻumi mau makahiki ma hope mai ua lilo i ʻāpana o nā limahana hoʻoponopono o ka nūpepa Evening News, kahi āna i paʻi ai i nā makana he nui e pili ana i ka wā kahiko, nā moʻolelo kahiko, nā karaima mōʻaukala, a me nā mea he nui kumuhana ʻē aʻe. Ua paʻi ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o kāna mau moʻolelo i nā makasina like ʻole, a ma hope ua hōʻuluʻulu iā lākou i nā anthologies e like me "The House of Souls" (1906), "The Angels of Mons" (1915), "The Shining Pyramid" (1923) a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻohui pū kēia puke i kahi puke liʻiliʻi ("El terror", 1917) a me iwakāluakūmālua mau kaʻao o ka moemoeā, ʻo ka hapanui o lākou e hoʻokani nei i nā meʻe i hoʻowalewale ʻia e ko lākou lunamanaʻo lawehala a manaʻoʻiʻo i kā lākou kumu kupanaha. Mai nā kumuhana kumuhana o kēia koho aia he mau laʻana maikaʻi o nā moʻolelo e like me "The Red Hand", kahi e holo ai nā rune kahiko a me nā hoʻokalakupua; "Nā mea laʻa", e kū nei ma ke kapakai ʻo Welsh; "Psychology", nāna e hoʻāla hou i ke kumuhana o Jekyll a me Hyde; a ʻo "The mālama", "The light dazzling light" a me "Munitions of war", i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ke Kaua Honua Mua, a ʻo "Terror", kahi moʻolelo a Machen e hāpai nei i kahi manaʻo kipi kipi maoli e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻO ka hana o ka mua ʻO ke kaua nui ʻEulopa ka mea e hōʻike i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka weliweli a hōʻike ʻole ʻia. '
