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  2. 1. The Margins of Writing: A Study of Arthur Machen and the Literary Field of the 1890s

    Author : Sara Bjärstorp; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General and comparative literature; aesthetics of failure; sociology of literature; the unspeakable; London in literature; the city in literature; Pierre Bourdieu; decadence; horror; Arthur Machen; fin-de-siècle; Allmän och jämförande litteraturvetenskap; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the early writings of Arthur Machen (1863?1947) by focusing on three aspects of literary production: the field, the author, and the text. In all these aspects position-takings in the field, the construction of an author's identity, and textual production ? Machen's early career is informed by a particular and idiosyncratic notion of aesthetic creation, referred to in this study as the "aesthetics of failure". READ MORE