The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature
by H. P. Lovecraft
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Author: H. P. LovecraftEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN: 0967321506
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Book Reviews of The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature
Book Review: A Classic of its Kind
Summary: 5 Stars
For those who would like to understand the weird fiction that helped inspire H. P. Lovecraft to write his classic tales of horror, this is the book. But the book is so much more than just an annotated edition of Lovecraft's seminal essay. The contents of the book are:
Preface;
Introduction by S. T. Joshi;
SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE by H. P. Lovecraft
I. Introduction
II. The Dawn of the Horror-Tale
III. The Early Gothic Novel
IV. The Apex of Gothic Romance
V. The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction
VI. Spectral Literature on the Continent
VII. Edgar Allan Poe
VIII. The Weird Tradition in America
IX. The Weird Tradition in the British Isles
X. The Modern Masters
Appendix
The Favourite Weird Stories of H. P. Lovecraft
(This is, of course, Joshi's idea of what HPL's favourite tales were, from statements culled from Lovecraft's correspondence &c. And what are HPL's most-beloved weird tales?
Algernon Blackwood: "The Willows"
Arthur Machen: "The Novel of the White Powder"
Arthur Machen: "The Novel of the Black Seal"
Arthur Machen: "The White People"
Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
M. P. Shiel: "The House of Sounds"
Robert W. Chambers: "The Yellow Sign"
M. R. James: "Count Magnus"
Ambrose Bierce: "The Death of Halpin Frayser"
A. Merritt: "The Moon Pool")
Notes
Bibliography pf Authors and Works
Index
The bibliography is a real bonus, listing not only the finest tales by these writers but books that critically explore those works of weird fiction. This is a wonderful reference work that one can keep besides one's writing or reading desk, into which one will continually dip. Excellent. And Hippocampus Books are always so well made, sturdy and handsome.
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