Carnacki, The Ghost Finder - William Hope Hodgson - Livres - Independently Published - 9798747306066 - 2 mai 2021
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Carnacki, The Ghost Finder

William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki, The Ghost Finder

Hodgson's combination of classic detection with occult investigations was not without precedent. Hodgson's Carnacki is a younger version of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Martin Hesselius (introduced in "Green Tea," 1869), a doctor of "metaphysical medicine," and Algernon Blackwood's title character of the story collection John Silence, Physician Extraordinary (1908). Unlike them, Carnacki has no medical training, but he does have a strong scientific bent, illustrated by his invention of an ingenious "Electric Pentacle," a variation of the cabalistic five-pointed star enclosed within a circle and intended to act as a barrier against malevolent occult forces. Carnacki refers to his use of formulae from ancient magic rituals as a "curious thing for a Twentieth Century man" that might provoke "cheap laughter" from some. Carnacki, however, will not allow himself to be "blinded" by ridicule: "I ask questions and keep my eyes open."

Médias Livres     Paperback Book   (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé 2 mai 2021
ISBN13 9798747306066
Éditeurs Independently Published
Pages 116
Dimensions 216 × 279 × 6 mm   ·   285 g
Langue et grammaire English  

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