Arthur Machen 
Hieroglyphics (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 
A Note Upon Ecstasy in Literature

In Hieroglyphics, published in 1902 and written in the guise of “an obscure literary hermit, ” Machen states his creed as a writer. He discourses on the nature of art, concluding that true literature must convey a sense of ecstasy. This is a pioneering and influential work of literary theory.

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