Library of Wales: The Great God Pan

Born and brought up in Monmouthshire, Machen's tales of bohemian 'fin-de-siecle' London were coloured by the dark and mysterious landscapes of his childhood. A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde and William Butler Yeats - all of whom admired his work tremendously, Machen's legacy is central to gothic fiction in the twentieth century. His great literary significance was recognized by H. P. Lovecraft who named Machen as one of the four 'modern masters' of supernatural horror.

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This is being reissued as a standard Parthian title.'One of the greatest horror stories ever written.' Stephen King'Machen is a genius right enough but I won't take him to bed with me again.' Arthur Conan Doyle'Arthur Machen...is a mystic, who knew that there exists a threshold which, if it is stepped over, will show us a subtly altered reality.' Clive Barker'For ability to create an atmosphere of nameless terror I can think of no author living or dead who comes near to him.' Jerome K. Jerome