A dreamer and a visionary [electronic resource] : H.P. Lovecraft in his time / S.T. Joshi.
H.P. Lovecraft has come to be recognised as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. But how did a man who died in poverty, with no book of his stories published in his lifetime, become such an icon in horror literature? S.T. Joshi, the leading authority on Lovecraft, tra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Liverpool science fiction texts and studies.
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| Summary: | H.P. Lovecraft has come to be recognised as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. But how did a man who died in poverty, with no book of his stories published in his lifetime, become such an icon in horror literature? S.T. Joshi, the leading authority on Lovecraft, traces in detail the course of Lovecraft?s life and shows how Lovecraft was engaged in the political, economic, social and intellectual currents of his time. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 422 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-410) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846312991 184631299X 9781781386446 1781386447 |