April 4, 2012
writersnoonereads: No one reads the pseudonymous Jean Ray, author of the gothic classic Malpertuis, a modernist haunted house novel that contributed to his being called the “Belgian Poe.”  For a lucid essay on this bewildering book, see Michael Cisco’s piece at The Modern Word Check out some scenes from the 1971 film adaptation starring Orson Welles  [Image via] Cisco writes, “Its melancholy sits stably on top of the events like a broad heavy ceiling, but the space beneath is airy and open because Ray doesn’t so much as glance at the sentimentality that normally mires down most Gothic novels.” Oh, I am going to have to find this.

writersnoonereads:

No one reads the pseudonymous Jean Ray, author of the gothic classic Malpertuis, a modernist haunted house novel that contributed to his being called the “Belgian Poe.” 

  • For a lucid essay on this bewildering book, see Michael Cisco’s piece at The Modern Word
  • Check out some scenes from the 1971 film adaptation starring Orson Welles 

[Image via]

Cisco writes, “Its melancholy sits stably on top of the events like a broad heavy ceiling, but the space beneath is airy and open because Ray doesn’t so much as glance at the sentimentality that normally mires down most Gothic novels.”

Oh, I am going to have to find this.

11:29am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZLiLmxJ4376I
(Notes: 114)
  
  1. thereminsoul reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  2. jbradway reblogged this from writersnoonereads and added:
    The worrying part...excellent blog is that many of...books...
  3. insignificantlittlethings reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  4. isobelgowdie reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  5. dadidumduedeldidue reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  6. destroy-supremacy reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  7. sempervolat reblogged this from run-boy
  8. run-boy reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  9. stealingintolanguage reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  10. theredshoes reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  11. ectoplasmcoil reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  12. itwasadarkandstormynight reblogged this from youngmonsters
  13. robotrollcallbeforethestarsfall reblogged this from youngmonsters
  14. youngmonsters reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  15. pureblog reblogged this from low-country
  16. low-country reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  17. malpertuis reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  18. schizoidvow reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  19. imperialrestoration reblogged this from writersnoonereads
  20. cliffsideparklibrary reblogged this from writersnoonereads