Omnye wabaqhubeli bokuqala kunye nabakhawulezayo belifa le Edgar Allan Poe Nguye lo Welsh onomphefumlo ohlukunyezwayo othi, ukuba ukuphindukuzalwa kweqa iminyaka elishumi, kuphelile ukubonakaliswa komsebenzi kunye nobomi be-genius yaseBaltimore. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo uya kufumana UArthur Machen omnye umbalisi wobunzulu bomphefumlo, apho ukukhanya kungafikeleliyo kwaye uloyiko lucinezela imvakalelo yokwenyama yokucutheka emoyeni.
Kwakhona kuyinyaniso ukuba iMachen ibonakala ngathi ikhonkco elilahlekileyo phakathi kwePoe kunye Lovecraft, ukudibanisa kwixesha lakhe lobomi obuphakathi phakathi kweedosi ezimbini ezinkulu zoloyiko kunye neengcamango. Ekugqibeleni, oku kuqubha phakathi kwamanzi amabini kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwasebenza ngokuchasene naye ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wokuphumeza ukugqithela kwamanye amabini. Kuba ngamanye amaxesha kungcono ukugxila kukudubula kunokungahlukanisi iploti.
Ixesha, nangona kunjalo, lihlala ligqiba ukwenza ubulungisa kumsebenzi wombhali omkhulu. UMachen uhleli etafileni noPoe kunye noLovecraft. Kwaye bobabini basela iwayini zabo okanye nantoni na abayithandayo. I-delirium tremens. Kuba usuka apho kuphela onokufikelela kwiindawo ezithile ongenakufikelelwa nangamaphupha amabi.
Iincwadi ezi-3 eziphezulu ezicetyiswayo ngu-Arthur Machen
Uthixo omkhulu uPan
Indalo, indawo esihlala kuyo, inelaa cala lomlingo elakhe laguqulelwa kwintsomi, iintsomi kunye neenkolelo, njengoko ibali laligqithiselwa kwisizukulwana ngesizukulwana. Uloyiko lwaluhlala kuloo ntelekelelo kunye noloyiko lokufa lufumene inkcazo efanelekileyo kwi-esoteric kunye nakwi-telluric.
Umfundisi-ntsapho, umguquleli, umfundi ohlola ubungqina, ikhathalogu yencwadi enqabileyo, umdlali weqonga ngakumbi intatheli, uMachen waguqula amaphupha akhe okunyibilika kunye nokuncwina ephepheni kunye nokuqina okungaqhelekanga kunye nesizungu esiqhelekileyo kwimibongo, ukuzama ukutyhila ezona mfihlakalo zifihlakeleyo zingaphaya kobukho nangaphandle kwexesha nokwenza ubuhle kunye nesandi esoyikekayo ngokudibeneyo kumabali abo.
Ngokungafaniyo noLe Fanu okanye uMR James, uMachen, ephefumlelwe yimvelaphi yakhe yeCeltic, akazange abhale malunga neziporho, kodwa malunga namandla asisiseko, iziqalekiso eziseleyo, okanye amandla amabi abizwe yintsomi kunye neentsomi, ezinjengabantu abakhohlakeleyo "abantu" abancinci. , olo gqatso luntsonkothileyo noloyikekayo lwangaphambi kweCeltic, olumnyama nolubambekile, olunyanzelwa ukuba luhlale emathunjini omhlaba, apho lusaqhubeka lusenza imibingelelo yalo edume kakubi. Lo mqulu uqokelela amabali amane abanzi (UThixo Omkhulu iPan, Ukukhanya Ngaphakathi, iNoveli yeSitywina esiMnyama kunye neNoveli yothuli oluMhlophe), eyaphembelela kakhulu inkosi yokoyikeka okungaphaya kwendalo, uHP Lovecraft.
Induli yamaphupha
NjengoDorian Grey omtsha, uLucian ufuna ukuzenzela indawo kwisixeko esikhulu esigcwele amathuba, izibane kunye nezithunzi. Phakathi kwezilingo ezithi azifunele zona, ezona thunzi zihendayo zimnika intshabalalo yamagnetic ukuba kwihlabathi lakhe langaphambili le-bucolic lalikubusuku obuyimfama obunenkungu.
I-Hill of Dreams (1907) ibalisa ngobomi bukaLucian, umphuphi oselula waseWales ofudukela eLondon, apho ahlala khona kakubi. «Iqhawe eliselula? ULovecraft waphawula ?? unomdla kumlingo walommandla wamandulo wase-Welsh, ongowombhali, kwaye ukhokelela kubomi bephupha kwisixeko sase-Roma i-Isca Silurum, ngoku esincitshiselwe kwilali yaseCaerleon-on-Usk, enamachaphaza ezinto zakudala ». «Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo umsebenzi wobugcisa… Kucace gca ukuba liphupha lokuvuka eRoma! ... UMachen ngutitan ... ngokuqinisekileyo umbhali omkhulu ophilayo ", weza kuqinisekisa i-HPL evuyayo.
Uloyiko kunye namanye amabali angaqhelekanga
Ibali eloyikekayo ligqibe ekubeni lifumanise ngokungaqhelekanga kwaye lithelekise indawo ukuvusa iimvakalelo ezichaseneyo.
Uthanda umlingo kunye ne-alchemy, uMachen wajoyina i-esoteric ye-Golden Dawn ngo-1900, kwaye kwiminyaka elishumi kamva waba yinxalenye yabasebenzi bokuhlela iphephandaba le-Evening News, apho wapapasha khona igalelo elininzi kwizinto zakudala, ezomlando, ezolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezinye ezininzi. izihloko. Wapapasha uninzi lwamabali akhe kwiimagazini ezahlukeneyo, ze kamva wawahlanganisa kwiingqokelela zeengoma ezifana ne "The House of Souls" (1906), "The Angels of Mons" (1915), "The Shining Pyramid" (1923) nezinye.
Lo mqulu udibanisa inoveli emfutshane ("uloyiko luka-El", 1917) kunye namabali angamashumi amabini anesibini ohlobo lwentelekelelo, inkoliso yabo ingamaqhawe athathwe zizazela zabo abanetyala kwaye beqinisekile ngemvelaphi yabo engaphezu kwendalo. Ukusuka kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zolu khetho kukho imizekelo elungileyo yamabali afana ne "Isandla Esibomvu", apho iirunes zakudala kunye nomlingo zihamba kunye; "Izinto ezingcwele", ezenzeka kunxweme lwaseWales; "Psychology", evusa umxholo kaJekyll noHyde; kwaye "Ukugcinwa", "Ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo" kunye "neMunitions yemfazwe", ebekwe kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, kunye ne "Terror", ibali apho uMachen aphakamisa ithiyori yokwenyani enxulumene nophuhliso Umsebenzi we Imfazwe yokuqala enkulu yaseYurophu yayikukucebisa ngento enkulu neyoyikekayo engazange ivezwe. '
