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Phantasie
12021-08-03T14:23:14+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20f120plain2021-12-20T21:43:46+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20fLiterature often provides avenues for an artist to let go of reality and plunge into the depths of imagination. From the story of Salome and her dance for the head of John the Baptist to Parsifal’s search for the Holy Grail, no avenue for an artist’s imagination was closed. Harry Clarke’s take on Edgar Allen Poe moved further into the dark side of the author’s imagination than Rackham chose to attempt. Yet the impact on the reader does not change: the fear of the mysterious that enthralled Poe is imagined in scenes designed by the artist to add thrills to his words. Compare these images with those from The Goblin Market, Snickerty Nick and the Bletherwitch, and the Witch’s Kitchen: here Rackham’s genius for image brings the reader to the same conclusion: phantoms do exist, at least in the imagination.
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1media/Untitled, Rollenston and Pogany 3_thumb.jpg2021-08-11T02:57:09+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20fPogány, UntitledRebecca McNulty5T. W. Rolleston and Willy Pogány, "Untitled," from T. W. Rolleston’s Parsifal, G. G. Harrap & Co., 1912, 8 in. x 5 ¾ in., PR5236 .R3 P3 1912plain2021-12-21T19:08:53+00:00Harold and Mary Jean Hanson Rare Book CollectionRebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20f
1media/Poe_thumb.jpg2021-08-02T20:06:10+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20fAt Length for my Seared and Writhing BodyRebecca McNulty5Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Rackham, "At length for my seared and writhing body there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison" from Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 7 ¼ in. x 5 ¼ in., 1935, PS2602 1935bplain2021-12-21T19:08:22+00:00Harold and Mary Jean Hanson Rare Book CollectionRebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20f
1media/reward_thumb.jpg2021-11-16T07:05:04+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20fThe Dancer's RewardRebecca McNulty3Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley, "The dancer’s reward," from Oscar Wilde’s Salome, John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1920, 7 in. x 5 in., PR5820 .S2 F7plain2021-12-21T19:09:08+00:00Harold and Mary Jean Hanson Rare Book CollectionRebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20f
1media/The Princess burns the Efrite to death_thumb.jpg2021-08-11T02:55:09+00:00Rebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20fThe Princess Burns the Efrite to DeathRebecca McNulty3Edmund Dulac, "The Princess burns the Efrite to death," from Edmund Dulac’s Sindbad [sic] the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914, 6 ¼ in. x 5 in., 39h6734plain2021-12-21T19:08:39+00:00Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s LiteratureRebecca McNulty65517d188dc9aba7b76d226a2dc4aefe35fae20f
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1media/Poe_thumb.jpg2021-08-02T20:06:10+00:00At Length for my Seared and Writhing Body5Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Rackham, "At length for my seared and writhing body there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison" from Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 7 ¼ in. x 5 ¼ in., 1935, PS2602 1935bmedia/Poe.jpgplain2021-12-21T19:08:22+00:00Harold and Mary Jean Hanson Rare Book Collection
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