Glimpses beyond the veil occult concepts in Algernon Blackwood's Weird stories /
The aim of this thesis is to examine the writings of Algernon Blackwood, a relatively lesser-known English author of supernatural fiction, in the context of the modern occult revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Blackwood was actively involved with the most notable occult or...
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JATEPress
Szeged
2020
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| Sorozat: | Acta Universitatis Szegediensis de Attila József nominatae : papers in english and american studies
25 Papers in English and American studies : Tomus XXV. - Distinguished Szeged student papers 2020 25 |
| Kulcsszavak: | Angol irodalom története, Fantasztikus irodalom - angol |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/86796 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | The aim of this thesis is to examine the writings of Algernon Blackwood, a relatively lesser-known English author of supernatural fiction, in the context of the modern occult revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Blackwood was actively involved with the most notable occult organisations of the age, but how this might have influenced his stories has not been studied until quite recently, and he is mostly remembered for his impact on the development of weird fiction, a literary mode that has emerged in roughly the same period. This thesis is an attempt at exploring the possible intersections between occultism and weird fiction by analysing four occult concepts (reincarnation, anima mundi, Neopaganism, and Egyptomany) in four short stories (“Old Clothes,” “The Man Whom the Trees Loved,” “The Sea Fit,” and “A Descent into Egypt”). Based on the findings, it can be observed that the weird atmosphere results from the occult. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 9-31 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-315-428-1 |
| ISSN: | 0230-2780 |