Discovering H.P. Lovecraft

by Darrell Schweitzer

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. INTRODUCTION, by Darrell Schweitzer NOTES ON AN ENTITY, by Robert Bloch A LITERARY COPERNICUS, by Fritz Leiber, Jr. THE FOUR FACES OF THE OUTSIDER, by Dirk W. Mosig THE FIRST LEWIS THEOBALD, by R. Boerem STORY-WRITING: A Letter from H. P. Lovecraft CHARACTER GULLIBILITY IN WEIRD FICTION, by Darrell Schweitzer SOME THOUGHTS ON LOVECRAFT, by Arthur Jean Cox THE DERLETH MYTHOS, by Richard L. Tierney GENESIS OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS, by George Wetzel LOVECRAFT’S LADiES, by Ben P. Indick WHEN THE STARS ARE RIGHT, by Richard L. Tierney LOVECRAFT AND LORD DUNSANY, by Darrell Schweitzer H. P. LOVECRAFT AND PSEUDOMATHEMATICS, by Robert Weinberg TEXTUAL PROBLEMS IN LOVECRAFT: A Preliminary Survey, by S. T. Joshi H. P. LOVECRAFT: THE BOOKS, by Lin Carter H. P. LOVECRAFT: A BASIC READING LIST, compiled by Darrell Schweitzer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434449122
Publisher:	Wildside Press
Publication date:	03/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	258 KB

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