Lovecraft and a World in Transition: Collected Essays on H. P.

Lovecraft and a World in Transition: Collected Essays on H. P. Lovecraft

For the past thirty-five years, S. T. Joshi has been one of the leading authorities on H. P. Lovecraft. As Lovecraftâ€™s editor and biographer, Joshi has revolutionized our understanding of the dreamer from Providence. This enormous volume, which contains all the critical essays that Joshi has written since 1979, is a treasure-house of scholarship that exhibits Joshiâ€™s all-encompassing knowledge of Lovecraft the man, writer, and thinker.

Joshi has focused on a holistic understanding of Lovecraft, integrating his life and thought into the study of his work. Lovecraft, the atheist and materialist, infused his worldview into each tale, essay, and poem. Joshi has studied the interrelations between Lovecraftâ€™s life and work in such papers as â€œAutobiography in Lovecraftâ€ and â€œLovecraft and the Munsey Magazines.â€ Joshiâ€™s analysis of Lovecraftâ€™s philosophical thought comes forth in such major essays as â€œLovecraftâ€™s Alien Civilisations: A Political Interpretationâ€ and â€œH. P. Lovecraft: The Fiction of Materialism.â€

Joshi has also devoted much attention to neglected aspects of Lovecraftâ€™s work, and this book contains illuminating discussions of Lovecraftâ€™s poetry, essays, and letters. Joshiâ€™s landmark study â€œTextual Problems in Lovecraftâ€ laid the groundwork for his corrected editions of Lovecraftâ€™s tales. A final section of the book studies Lovecraftâ€™s legacy and influence, including a lengthy essay on the Cthulhu Mythos and, as a capstone, a transcript of Joshiâ€™s keynote address at the NecronomiCon convention of 2013.

This mammoth volume features nearly four decades of scholarship on one of the towering writers of the twentieth century, written by one of his most insightful interpreters.
Country USA
Manufacturer Hippocampus Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-01-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Hippocampus Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-01-26
Format	Kindle eBook

Lovecraft and a World in Transition: Collected Essays on H. P. Lovecraft

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