Christopher Matthew Scott analyzes Blackwood's use of Christian symbolism and story setting as connected to the author's biography; describing a spiritual progression up from hellish city, through garden, forest, and mountain.Scott, Christopher Matthew. “Strange Spaces: The Teleological Function of Topographies with Christian Soteriological Iconography in Algernon Blackwood’s Short Stories of Supernatural Horror between 1899 and 1914.” University of Sheffield, 2022. Brian R. Hauser discusses Blackwood's John Silence in the context of figures made popular by 1990s cinematic narratives, grouping him with Ichabod Crane and Fox Mulder, and classifying him as an early example of the supernatural detective whose investigation of a traumatized space mirrors a psychoanalyst's investigation of a traumatized psyche.Brian R. Hauser. “Haunted Detectives: The Mysteries of American Trauma.” Ohio State University, 2008. Henry Bartholomew includes the "dark ecology" of Blackwood's "Pan's Garden" in his discussion of speculative realism and the gothic.Henry Bartholomew. “Theory in the Shadows: Speculative Realism and the Gothic, 1890-1920.” University of Exeter, 2020.
christopher matthew scott analyzes blackwood's use of christian symbolism and story setting as connected to the author's biography; describing a spiritual progression up from hellish city through garden forest and mountainscott christopher matthew “strange spaces the teleological function of topographies with christian soteriological iconography in algernon blackwood’s short stories of supernatural horror between 1899 and 1914” university of sheffield 2022 brian r hauser discusses blackwood's john silence in the context of figures made popular by 1990s cinematic narratives grouping him with ichabod crane and fox mulder and classifying him as an early example of the supernatural detective whose investigation of a traumatized space mirrors a psychoanalyst's investigation of a traumatized psychebrian r hauser “haunted detectives the mysteries of american trauma” ohio state university 2008 henry bartholomew includes the "dark ecology" of blackwood's "pan's garden" in his discussion of speculative realism and the gothichenry bartholomew “theory in the shadows speculative realism and the gothic 1890-1920” university of exeter 2020