A dreamer and a visionary : H.P. Lovecraft in his time /

H.P. Lovecraft has come to be recognised as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. But how did a man who died in poverty, with no book of his stories published in his lifetime, become such an icon in horror literature? S.T. Joshi, the leading authority on Lovecraft, tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Joshi, S. T., 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2001.
Series:Liverpool science fiction texts and studies.
Subjects:
Lovecraft, H. P. > (Howard Phillips), > 1890-1937.
Lovecraft, H. P. > (Howard Phillips), > 1890-1937
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Horror tales > Authorship.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Horror tales > Authorship
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1: Unmixed English Gentry; 2: A Genuine Pagan (1890-97); 3: Black Woods and Unfathomed Caves (1898-1902); 4: What of Unknown Africa? (1902-1908); 5: Barbarian and Alien (1908-14); 6: A Renewed Will to Live (1914-17); 7: Feverish and Incessant Scribbling (1917-19); 8: Cynical Materialist (1919-21); 9: The High Tide of My Life (1921-22); 10: For My Own Amusement (1923-24); 11: Ball and Chain (1924); 12: Moriturus Te Saluto (1925-26); 13: Paradise Regain'd (1926); 14: Cosmic Outsideness (1927-28); 15: Fanlights and Georgian Steeples (1928-30).

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