Dramatis Personæ

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Dramatis Personæ

by Arthur Symons

EN·~7 hours

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Description

A striking series of essays turns its gaze toward a singular literary mind, mapping the shadowy terrain where imagination and instinct intertwine. The writer paints the author’s inner world as a secret garden of mist‑cloaked forests and uncharted rivers, a place where ideas are spun like a spider’s web and sent out as “shadowy messengers.” Through vivid metaphor the collection suggests that this hidden realm both fuels a prodigious genius and isolates it from ordinary life.

The pieces delve into the paradoxes that define his work: the way virtue can hide within vice, how triumph may masquerade as failure, and how memory becomes the thread that knits together ecstasy and despair. By treating reality as a fleeting illusion, the essays invite listeners to confront the uncomfortable beauty of his moral indifference and relentless curiosity. The result is a thoughtful, sometimes unsettling portrait that challenges us to reconsider the boundaries between the known and the unknowable.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (421K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust.)

Release date

2020-05-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons

1865–1945

A leading voice in the English Decadent movement, this Welsh-born poet and critic helped introduce French Symbolist ideas to British readers. His work moves between poetry, drama, and literary criticism, with a fascination for modern city life, music, and mood.

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