« All London was one grey temple of an awful rite » : Londres dans The Hill of Dreams d’Arthur Machen (1907)
This article examines the many metamorphoses of London in The Hill of Dreams, dwelling in particular on its transformation into a ‘fiery stage’ upon which an ancient orgiastic rite is played out. This transformation is part of the thematic thread of ‘persistence’ that runs throughout Machen’s work,...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/344 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the many metamorphoses of London in The Hill of Dreams, dwelling in particular on its transformation into a ‘fiery stage’ upon which an ancient orgiastic rite is played out. This transformation is part of the thematic thread of ‘persistence’ that runs throughout Machen’s work, the past persisting in the present. In the supernatural tales, the past is embodied in a primitive race of horrifying creatures who have survived in the Welsh countryside. In The Hill of Dreams, the Little People (Twylidd Tweg) undergo a metamorphosis, as it were, appearing in the guise of the labouring classes. Fear of the proletariat is thus expressed in a typically Machenian idiom. |
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| ISSN: | 0220-5610 2271-6149 |