H. P. Lovecraft: A Means to Freedom

Cover: 9781614981862 | A Means to Freedom | H. P. Lovecraft (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject.

Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore-a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilisation, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft, a scion of centuries-old New England, and Howard, a product of recently settled Texas, were diametrically opposed on these and other issues, and each writes compellingly of his beliefs, attitudes, and theories. The result is a dramatic debate-livened by wit, learning, and personal revelation-that is as enthralling as the fiction they were writing at the time. All the letters have been exhaustively annotated by the editors.

Über den Autor

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, supernatural horror, and cosmic terror whose influence on twentieth-century horror is immense. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft published much of his fiction in pulp magazines, especially Weird Tales, where his stories of forbidden knowledge, ancient beings, decaying towns, and humanity's small place in an indifferent universe helped define a new kind of horror. Rather than relying solely on ghosts, vampires, or traditional monsters, Lovecraft developed a vision of terror rooted in deep time, alien intelligence, and the collapse of human certainty.Lovecraft's best-known works include "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Shadow over Innsmouth," "At the Mountains of Madness," and "The Dunwich Horror." His fiction has shaped modern horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, role-playing games, film, comics, and popular culture. Though his personal views and racial attitudes remain a serious and troubling part of his legacy, his literary influence on cosmic horror and weird fiction is undeniable. Readers continue to return to his work for its atmosphere of dread, its mythology of ancient powers, and its lasting impact on the language of supernatural and cosmic terror.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781614981862
ISBN-10:	1614981868
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lovecraft, H. P. Howard, Robert E.
Redaktion:	Joshi, S. T.
Hersteller:	Hippocampus Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	H. P. Lovecraft (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.01.2017
Gewicht:	0,734 kg