Atmosphere and Imagination

A Listmania! list by Lucian Taylor (West Yorkshire)
 
The Hill of Dreams (Dodo Press)
1.  The Hill of Dreams (Dodo Press) by Arthur Machen
The list author says:
  "Once described as a ‘symphony in words,’ a truly disturbing tale of the descent into madness written in the most sublime prose in English literature."
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Hawksmoor
2.  Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
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  "A powerfully atmospheric and lucidly written study of metaphysical evil and the power of place."
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The Golem (European Classics)
3.  The Golem (European Classics) by Gustav Meyrink
The list author says:
  "Sufficiently dark to have unnerved Borges, yet ultimately a powerful fable of the alchemical ideal of spiritual transmutation."
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The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus Alone
4.  The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus Alone by Mervyn Laurence Peake
The list author says:
  "The definitive work of fantasy in that it apparently has no roots beyond the boundless realm of Peake’s own imagination."
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Viriconium: "Pastel City", "Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" (FANTASY MASTERWORKS)
5.  Viriconium: "Pastel City", "Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" (FANTASY MASTERWORKS) by M. John Harrison
The list author says:
  "This so transcends its ‘genre,’ that only snobbery prevents this taking it’s rightful position at the pinnacle of English literature."
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The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set)
6.  The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The list author says:
  "This is not literature, it is a whole mythology. So vast is Tolkein’s achievement, that despite countless imitators, he stands alone."
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The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders
7.  The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders by Robertson Davies
The list author says:
  "A wonderfully acerbic tale of mythological archetypes rearing their heads in a secular age."
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Wolf Solent (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Wolf Solent (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Powys
The list author says:
  "Some have called JCP self-indulgent, and perhaps he is, but as with jazz, it’s all for the better."
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Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books)
9.  Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy
The list author says:
  "Uncompromisingly brutal in subject matter and yet utterly beautiful in its prose."
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Mother London
10.  Mother London by Michael Moorcock
The list author says:
  "As sprawling as the metropolis it eulogises and a testament to the significance of all it contains."
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Thursbitch
11.  Thursbitch by Alan Garner
The list author says:
  "The deceptively simple prose conceals a staggeringly multilayered study of the role and power of landscape."
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Demian (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
12.  Demian (Peter Owen Modern Classic) by Hermann Hesse
The list author says:
  "A benign vision of the Nietzschean superman, celebrating the potential of humanity for spiritual change."
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The Green Face (Decadence from Dedalus)
13.  The Green Face (Decadence from Dedalus) by Gustav Meyrink
The list author says:
  "Almost as effective as The Golem in realising Meyrink’s spiritual quest, working a sympathetic magic so that you’re with him all the way."
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A Fragment Of Life
14.  A Fragment Of Life by Arthur Machen
The list author says:
  "A more optimistic realisation of Machen’s vision than many of his works, exquisitely written as always."
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A Voyage To Arcturus (Fantasy Masterworks)
15.  A Voyage To Arcturus (Fantasy Masterworks) by David Lindsay
The list author says:
  "A truly ‘visionary’ work, stretching the imagination to its boundaries in service of a bleak philosophy."
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Oxford World's Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray
16.  Oxford World's Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The list author says:
  "Another Decadent masterpiece, neatly summing up the contradictions and attractions of both that movement and Wilde’s own aestheticism."
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The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Penguin Classics)
17.  The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Penguin Classics) by Jan Potocki
The list author says:
  "Labyrinthine stories-within-stories-within-stories weaving Gnosticism, chivalry and folklore two hundred years before post-modernism."
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
18.  The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry James
The list author says:
  "The first ‘psychological’ ghost story, revelling in an ambiguity far more unnerving than the supernatural."
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The House of Doctor Dee
19.  The House of Doctor Dee by Peter Ackroyd
The list author says:
  "Admittedly something of a rerun of Hawksmoor, but that is hardly a bad thing."
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics)
20.  The Dharma Bums (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac
The list author says:
  "Kerouac’s least indulgent novel, and thus for all the ideal of spontaneous prose, the best at capturing the wide-eyed optimism of the Beat Generation."
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
21.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
The list author says:
  "A staggering evocation of place, whose atmosphere so palpably permeates the actions of the characters and vice-versa."
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A Glastonbury Romance
22.  A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys
The list author says:
  "All Powys’ favourite themes united in a colossal, almost daunting, celebration of sense of place."
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White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings
23.  White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings by Iain Sinclair
The list author says:
  "Almost alienating in its density, it has to be admired for depth and Sinclair’s unique prose."
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Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics)
24.  Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry
The list author says:
  "A magnificent study of solitude, written in prose which even Joyce might envy."
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The Damned (Penguin Classics)
25.  The Damned (Penguin Classics) by Joris-Karl Huysmans
The list author says:
  "A discussion of the history, philosophy and allure of Satanism, this is definitive of Decadent literature."
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