- Criticism and interpretation
A collection of the lesser-known short works of the most significant American horror writer between Poe and Stephen King. Includes correspondence, juvenilia, literary criticism, philosophical speculation, and eccentric travelogues, plus comments on his own creative aesthetic. Introductory notes to each section reveal the breadth of Lovecraft's intellectual curiosity and the gradual process of overcoming such self-imposed handicaps as dogmatism, racism, and intolerance.
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Character-led, contemplative, spare and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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- Author
- H.P. Lovecraft
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 568
- Publisher
- Arkham House Publishers
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780870541681
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Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. After his father's institutionalization in 1893, he lived affluently until his family's wealth dissipated after the death of his grandfather. He then lived with his mother, in reduced financial security, until her institutionalization in 1919. He began to write essays for the United Amateur Press Association, and in 1913 wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction. He became active in the speculative fiction community and was published in several pulp magazines. Lovecraft moved to New York City, marrying Sonia Greene in 1924, and later became the center of
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