Dreaming in Fire and Working in Clay : The Problem of Translating Ideas into Words in Arthur Machen’s "The Great God Pan"
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<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/137094" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/137094</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2017-1-12" target="_blank" >10.5817/BSE2017-1-12</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Dreaming in Fire and Working in Clay : The Problem of Translating Ideas into Words in Arthur Machen’s "The Great God Pan"
Original language description
The present article explores Arthur Machen’s (1863–1947) influential work "The Great God Pan" (1894) in terms of the discrepancy between Machen’s original aim in writing the novella, which was expressing the sublime feelings he experienced when he beheld the valley of Usk in his native Wales – and the result, a horror tale where Pan seems to embody the ultimate evil. Taking into account the original idea, as well as the final rendition problematises the idea of a sinister Pan, making him more ambiguous. First, the final version of “The Great God Pan” is analysed in terms of its Decadent features, as well as its effect on the reader, features that placed it in the horror genre. Subsequently, a contrasting way of reading is offered that considers the circumstances that gave rise to the novella. From this reading, Pan emerges as a transcendent spirit of Nature rather than an embodiment of evil.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60206 - Specific literatures
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Brno Studies in English
ISSN
0524-6881
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Volume of the periodical
roč. 43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
213-232
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85029481765