Arthur Machen (1863-1947), who achieved significant fame in the 1920s, was a general man of letters with echoes of Samuel Johnson, an important influence on later fantasy writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Ray Bradbury, and a great adventurer of the spirit. Montgomery Evans II, a wealthy book collector...

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1. Verfasser:	Machen, Arthur 1863-1947 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Kent, Ohio u.a. Kent State Univ. Press 1994
Schlagworte:	Evans, Montgomery <1863-1947> Machen, Arthur <1863-1947> Evans, Montgomery > Correspondence Machen, Arthur <1863-1947> > Correspondence Evans, Montgomery > 1901-1954 Machen, Arthur > 1863-1947 Geschichte 1900-2000 Authors, English > 20th century > Correspondence Authors, Welsh > 20th century > Correspondence Briefsammlung > 1923-1947
Zusammenfassung:	Arthur Machen (1863-1947), who achieved significant fame in the 1920s, was a general man of letters with echoes of Samuel Johnson, an important influence on later fantasy writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Ray Bradbury, and a great adventurer of the spirit. Montgomery Evans II, a wealthy book collector and one of a small circle of Machen's friends and benefactors, carefully collected and mounted in two notebooks nearly 200 letters he had received from the Welsh writer. Sue Strong Hassler and Donald M Hassler have arranged and edited material from the notebooks to reveal the wonderful story of a literary friendship between an old master, who knew he was a "master" and who continually valued what he called the "ecstasy" of fine writing, and a would-be writer and believer From the 1920s on, literary materials by Machen had been popular with book collectors. Machen wrote an enormous number of letters, like these to Evans, in which he commented on literature, history (he was fascinated with the 18th century), cultural and political events in England and America, publishing, bookselling and booksellers, his own writing, travel, and food. Machen discusses many literary figures, including Robert Hillyer, Dorothy Parker, Gilbert Seldes, H. L
Beschreibung:	X, 195 S. Ill.
ISBN:	087338489X