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The classic horror stories

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937,)

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Roger Luckhurst

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H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of "weird fiction." Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign beings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent extra-terrestrial visitations. The ornate language of his stories builds towards grotesque moments of revelation, quite unlike any other writer.

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Title Statement The classic horror stories / H. P. Lovecraft ; edited with an introduction and notes by Roger Luckhurst.
Series Oxford world's classics
Author Lovecraft, H. P.(Howard Phillips), 1890-1937
Additional Contributors Lovecraft, H. P.(Howard Phillips),1890-1937
Luckhurst, Roger
Publication Oxford: Oxford University Press,2016.©2013
Extent of Item xxxvi, 487 pages ;
ISBN 9780198759492 (trade paperback)
Other Number pr03408350
General Notes This collection was originally published in 2013.
Contents Introduction --Note on the text --Select bibliography --A chronology of H.P. Lovecraft --The tales. The horror at Red Hook --The call of Cthulhu --The colour out of space --The Dunwich horror --The whisperer in darkness --At the mountains of madness --The dreams in the witch-house --The shadow over Innsmouth --The shadow out of time --Appendix : introduction from 'Supernatural horror in literature' --Explanatory notes.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of "weird fiction." Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign beings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent extra-terrestrial visitations. The ornate language of his stories builds towards grotesque moments of revelation, quite unlike any other writer.
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