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Category Archives: Literary Criticism
Darryl Sloan on Skylight Press
It has been a while since we presented a new author to the wider public so it is a great thrill and privilege to introduce Darryl Sloan – an author, musician, technician, and all around thespian who has developed quite … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Music, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Agnosticism, Art, atheism, British, Buddhism, Christianity, Computer Programming, Darryl Sloan, Education, esoteric, fiction, Horror Movies, I Universe, irish, Magic, New authors, New books, Northern Ireland, Occult, philosophy, Protestant, Psychokinesis, Religion, Satanism, Science, Skylight Press, spirituality, Telekinesis, Ulster, Video Games, writing, Youtube
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The Cosmic Doctrine: Essays Inspired by Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine
Dion Fortune’s The Cosmic Doctrine is a spiritual work that resulted from a psychic experiment between two friends in Glastonbury, 1923. It has since become one of the most important works in modern esoteric literature and a constant source of inspiration and … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Robinson, Christian Gilson, Dale Kendrick, Derek Thompson, Dion Fortune, esoteric, Glastonbury, Gwen Blythe, Holly Mulhern, Inner Plane, J.R. Petrie, James North, M. E. Beardsley, Magic, Occult, Religion, Science, Skylight Press, Stuart Delacey, The Cosmic Doctrine, Wendy Berg
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Who the Hell is Jan Karon? Books and the Temporality of value
Like many bibliophiles I’m well acquainted with all the nooks and crannies by which one might come across used books at a bargain. Indeed, my house is well insulated with walls of books mostly found at jumble shops, thrift stores, … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Annie Rice, Best sellers, Book shops, books., Bookstores, commercial fiction, commodity, Dan Brown, Dean Koontz, Jan Karon, Janet Evanovich, Marketing, print-run, publishers, Publishing, shelf life, Used Books
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The Curve of the Land: Review by Kevan Manwaring
The Curve of the Land: Diana Durham – a review By Kevan Manwaring This thin novel by American-based British writer Diana Durham is weighty with ideas – like narrow uprights supporting the monumental capstone of a cromlech. It charts a contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, New authors, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient Britain, Book Review, Britain, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Cornwall, Cromlech, Curve of the Land, Diana Durham, Dion Fortune, Durham, Earth Mysteries, Ecology, Environment, environmentalism, fiction, Kevan Manwaring, Megalith, novel, review, Sacred Earth, Skylight Press, standing stones, Stone Henge
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A Writer’s Day: Working on the Lost Book of the Grail (Part VII)
Skylight Press will be publishing The Lost Book of the Grail: Restoring the Voices of the Wells, Gareth Knight’s new translation of the 13th century Elucidation of the Grail with commentary by much respected Arthurian scholars and teachers, Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews. The Elucidation is a 13th … Continue reading
Posted in British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Ancient texts, Arthuriad, Arthurian Legends, British Folk, Caitlin Matthews, castle, chrétien de troyes, Count Philip, David Jones, Elucidation, English Mythology, esoteric, Fairy tales, folklore, French Mythology, friends, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Lore, holy grail, icing sugar, Indiana Jones, John Matthews, King Amangons, King Arthur, lemon, Lost Book, Magic, Meliant de Lis, Michael Moorcock, mysticism, mythology, Old French, Philip of Flanders, prophet Isaiah, Richard III, Robert Graves, tarot, the Grail, the Grail castle, The Lost Book, translation, Walter de Merton
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De-fleshing out Characters in the Modern Novel
As we live in an age where we are producing novels and stories en masse it would seem that we should be somewhere near to perfecting the art of characterization in our fictions. Any writer worth their salt will know … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moore, Alan Richardson, Aristotle, British Literature, British Novel, character, character development, character study, characterisation, coil, contemporary novel, corporeal, Daniel Staniforth, Dark Light, David Mitchell, disembodiment, E. M. Forster, English literature, English novel, essence, fiction, Ghostwritten, History, intelligence, Literature, Modern Novel, narrative, novel, personality, plot, severed heads, Storytelling, The Collector Collector, Tibor Fischer, Tom Jones, voice, Voice of the Fire
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A Few Recent Reviews of Skylight Books
Kaleidoscopic Omniscience by Will Alexander “Vermillion shades of astral haunts abound as Alexander takes his readers through a psychedelic romp that leaves the consciousness reeling. There’s nothing usual about Alexander’s visionary take on history: the contemporary, the ancient, and the … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Richardson, Alexander, American Poetry, Anthony Duncan, avant garde, Book Reviews, British fiction, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Olson, Christ, christian, Daniel Staniforth, David Caddy, Dion Fortune, dr john dee, esoteric, experimental fiction, fiction, Gareth Knight, Garry Craig Powell, Hamlet, HTML GIant, iain sinclair, John Dee, Lipstick & Politics, Literature, Magic of the Ordinary, Michael S. Judge, novel, Occult, Patrick James Dunagan, Paula Mendoza, Peregrin Wildoak, Persian Gulf, Plutarch, poetry, qabala, Reviews, Robert Duncan, Shakespeare, Sting, Surrealism, Tears in the Fence, UAE, Will Alexander, William Blake, World War One
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The Groundlings of Divine Will
Originally posted on Tears in the Fence:
Daniel Staniforth’s The Groundlings of Divine Will (Skylight Press 2013) http://www.skylightpress.co.uk sees Shakespeare’s first audience, ‘the groundlings of the pit’, as a secret society addressing the Master Of Revels in a glorious riposte…
Posted in British Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Book Review, British History, British Literature, British poetry, Daniel Staniforth, David Caddy, Elizabethan, English history, experimental literature, History, hybrid literature, Hybrid poetry, poetry, Prose poems, review, Skylight Press, Tears in the Fence, Tudor, William Shakespeare
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Through the Skylight 