The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. the Great god Pan..
The title was taken from the poem "A Musical Instrument" published in 1862 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in which the first line of every stanza ends "...
Machen\'s story was only one of many at the time to focus on Pan as a useful symbol for the power of nature and paganism.
On publication it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual content, although it has since garnered a reputation as a classic of horror.
A version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another story, "The Inmost Light") in 1894.
The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen