Discovering H.P. Lovecraft

by Darrell Schweitzer, Darrell Schweitzer (Editor)

Overview

A definitive look at the life and work of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, by a leading scholar of the fantasy and horror field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587154713
Publisher:	Borgo Press
Publication date:	07/29/2001
Edition description:	Revised and Expanded
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction: Lovecraft Forever	1
	Notes on an Entity	4
	A Literary Copernicus	7
	The Four Faces of the Outsider	17
	The First Lewis Theobald	35
	Story-Writing	39
	Character Gullibility in Weird Fiction, or Isn't Yuggoth Somewhere in Upstate New York?	44
	Some Thoughts on Lovecraft	47
	The Derleth Mythos	52
	Genesis of the Cthulhu Mythos	54
	Lovecraft's Ladies	63
	When the Stars Are Right	67
	Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany	72
	H.P. Lovecraft and Pseudomathematics	88
	Textual Problems in Lovecraft	92
	H.P. Lovecraft: The Books	107
	H.P. Lovecraft: A Basic Reading List	148
	About the Contributors	152
	Index	155