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    Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin. With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen
    Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin. With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen
    Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin. With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen
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    Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin. With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen

    By Vincent Starrett

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    This is an article by Vincent Starrett done as a critical review on the works of Welsh writer Arthur Machen, who he opines to have been greatly underrated by literature critics. Starrett was a major enthusiast of Machen and was instrumental in bringing Machen's work to an American audience for the first time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 25, 2021
    ISBN4057664563798
    Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin. With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen
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    Vincent Starrett

    Vincent Starrett (1886–1974) was a Chicago journalist who become one of the world’s foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes. A books columnist for the Chicago Tribune, he also wrote biographies of authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce. A founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, Starrett is best known for writing The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933), an imaginative biography of the famous sleuth.

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