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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.

Horror tales, American. --- Authors, American --- American horror tales --- American fiction --- Lovecraft, H. P. --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, --- Lavkraft, Govard Pillips, --- Jones, David J., --- Appleton, Lawrence, --- Littlewit, Humphrey, --- Paget-Lowe, Henry, --- Phillips, Ward, --- Raleigh, Richard, --- Rowley, Ames Dorrance, --- Softly, Edgar, --- Softly, Edward, --- Swift, Augustus, --- Theobald, Lewis, --- Willia, Frederick, --- Houdini, --- Jones, John J., --- Zoilus, --- Лавкрафт, Говард Филлипс,

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Today, H. P. Lovecraft is both more popular and controversial than ever: the influence of his "Cthulhu mythos" is everywhere in popular culture, his cosmic pessimism has reemerged as a major theme in contemporary philosophy, and his racism continues to spark controversy in the media. The Love of Ruins takes a fresh look at a figure widely acknowledged as the father of modern horror or "weird" fiction. In these pages, Lovecraft emerges not as the atheist and nihilist he is often claimed to be, but as a kind of "psychonaut" and mystic whose stories, through their own imaginative rigor, expose the intellectual bankruptcy of their author's racism. The Love of Ruins is itself written in the form of letters, in order to do homage to Lovecraft's love of the form of the personal letter (he wrote more than 100,000), and to emulate Lovecraft's lifetime practice of thinking-as-corresponding.

Lovecraft, H. P. --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, --- Lavkraft, Govard Pillips, --- Jones, David J., --- Appleton, Lawrence, --- Littlewit, Humphrey, --- Paget-Lowe, Henry, --- Phillips, Ward, --- Raleigh, Richard, --- Rowley, Ames Dorrance, --- Softly, Edgar, --- Softly, Edward, --- Swift, Augustus, --- Theobald, Lewis, --- Willia, Frederick, --- Houdini, --- Jones, John J., --- Zoilus, --- Лавкрафт, Говард Филлипс, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Appreciation.

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of “weird tales” who died in 1937 impoverished and relatively unknown, has become a twenty-first-century star, cropping up in places both anticipated and unexpected. Authors, filmmakers, and shapers of popular culture like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Guillermo del Toro acknowledge his influence; his fiction is key to the work of posthuman philosophers and cultural critics such as Graham Harman and Eugene Thacker; and Lovecraft’s creations have achieved unprecedented cultural ubiquity, even showing up on the animated program South Park. The Age of Lovecraft is the first sustained analysis of Lovecraft in relation to twenty-first-century critical theory and culture, delving into troubling aspects of his thought and writings. With contributions from scholars including Gothic expert David Punter, historian W. Scott Poole, musicologist Isabella van Elferen, and philosopher of the posthuman Patricia MacCormack, this wide-ranging volume brings together thinkers from an array of disciplines to consider Lovecraft’s contemporary cultural presence and its implications. Bookended by a preface from horror fiction luminary Ramsey Campbell and an extended interview with the central author of the New Weird, China Miéville, the collection addresses the question of “why Lovecraft, why now?” through a variety of approaches and angles. A must for scholars, students, and theoretically inclined readers interested in Lovecraft, popular culture, and intellectual trends, The Age of Lovecraft offers the most thorough examination of Lovecraft’s place in contemporary philosophy and critical theory to date as it seeks to shed light on the larger phenomenon of the dominance of weird fiction in the twenty-first century.

Geschichte. --- Horror tales, American --- Horror tales, American. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Rezeption. --- Thriller. --- History and criticism. --- Lovecraft, H. P. --- Lovecraft, Howard P., --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- USA. --- Littérature d'épouvante américaine --- Histoire et critique --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips --- Critique et interprétation --- Histoire et critique. --- Critique et interprétation. --- History and criticism --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, --- Lavkraft, Govard Pillips, --- Jones, David J., --- Appleton, Lawrence, --- Littlewit, Humphrey, --- Paget-Lowe, Henry, --- Phillips, Ward, --- Raleigh, Richard, --- Rowley, Ames Dorrance, --- Softly, Edgar, --- Softly, Edward, --- Swift, Augustus, --- Theobald, Lewis, --- Willia, Frederick, --- Houdini, --- Jones, John J., --- Zoilus, --- Лавкрафт, Говард Филлипс,

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This collection of essays examines the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important critical work, Supernatural Horror in Literature. Each chapter illuminates a crucial aspect of Lovecraft’s criticism, from its aesthetic, philosophical and literary sources, to its psychobiological underpinnings, to its pervasive influence on the conception and course of horror and weird literature through the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These essays investigate the meaning of cosmic horror before and after Lovecraft, explore his critical relevance to contemporary social science, feminist and queer readings of his work, and ultimately reveal Lovecraft’s importance for contemporary speculative philosophy, film and literature.

Horror tales --- History and criticism. --- Lovecraft, H. P. --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, --- Lavkraft, Govard Pillips, --- Jones, David J., --- Appleton, Lawrence, --- Littlewit, Humphrey, --- Paget-Lowe, Henry, --- Phillips, Ward, --- Raleigh, Richard, --- Rowley, Ames Dorrance, --- Softly, Edgar, --- Softly, Edward, --- Swift, Augustus, --- Theobald, Lewis, --- Willia, Frederick, --- Houdini, --- Jones, John J., --- Zoilus, --- Лавкрафт, Говард Филлипс, --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Gothic fiction (Literary genre). --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Gothic Fiction. --- Gothic horror tales (Literary genre) --- Gothic novels (Literary genre) --- Gothic romances (Literary genre) --- Gothic tales (Literary genre) --- Romances, Gothic (Literary genre) --- Detective and mystery stories --- Suspense fiction --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Literature, Modern --- Literature --- Fiction. --- Fiction Literature. --- Fiction --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Novelists --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- 20th century. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy --- Theory

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What is a nightmare as a psychological experience, a literary experiment and a cultural project? Why has experiencing a nightmare under the guise of reading a novel, watching a film or playing a video game become a persistent requirement of contemporary mass culture? By answering these questions, which have not been addressed by literary criticism and cultural studies, we can interpret anew the texts of classic authors. Charles Maturin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Thomas Mann, Howard Philips Lovecraft and Victor Pelevin carry out bold experiments on their heroes and readers as they seek to investigate the nature of nightmare in their works. This book examines their prose to reveal the unstudied features of the nightmare as a mental state and traces the mosaic of coincidences leading from literary experiments to today’s culture of nightmare consumption.

Russian literature --- Nightmares in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, --- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, --- Pelevin, Viktor --- Lovecraft, H. P. --- Mann, Thomas, --- Пелевин, Виктор --- Pelevin, V. O. --- Pelevin, Victor --- Peiliewen --- Pielewin, Wiktor --- Mann, Paul Thomas --- Mann, Thomas --- マン・トオマス --- マン, トーマス --- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, --- Lavkraft, Govard Pillips, --- Jones, David J., --- Appleton, Lawrence, --- Littlewit, Humphrey, --- Paget-Lowe, Henry, --- Phillips, Ward, --- Raleigh, Richard, --- Rowley, Ames Dorrance, --- Softly, Edgar, --- Softly, Edward, --- Swift, Augustus, --- Theobald, Lewis, --- Willia, Frederick, --- Houdini, --- Jones, John J., --- Zoilus, --- Лавкрафт, Говард Филлипс, --- ドストエフスキー --- Гоголь, Николай Васильевич, --- Гоголь, Микола Васильович, --- Hoholʹ, Mykola Vasylʹovych, --- Ko-kuo-li, --- Geguoli, --- Гогаль, Н. В., --- Hohalʹ, N. V., --- Gogol, Mikołaj, --- Gogolis, N., --- Gogol, Nikolay Vasilyevich, --- Гоголь, Н. В. --- Gogolʹ, N. V. --- Gogol, Nicolai, --- Gogolʹ, Nicola, --- Kuo-ko-li, --- Guogeli, --- Гоголь, --- Gogolʹ, --- Gōgori, Nikorai, --- Gōgori, Nikorai Vashīrievichi, --- Gogolʹ, Nikolaj, --- Gogol, Nicolas, --- Gogolli, En, --- Gogolj, Nikolaj, --- Gogol, Nicolaus, --- Gogol, Nikolaus, --- Gogolj, N. V., --- גאגאל, נ. וו., --- גאגאל, נ.וו --- גוגול --- גוגול, י. וו., --- גוגול, ניקולאי --- גוגול, ניקולאי ואסילייביץ --- גוגול, ניקולאי ואסילייביץ', --- גוגול, ניקולאי וסילביץ', --- גוגול, ניקולאי ו., --- גוגול, ניקולאי, --- גוגול, נ. ו. --- גוגול, נ. ו., --- גוגל, נ. ו. --- 果戈理, --- 果戈里, --- Gogol, Nicholai V., --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Dostoevskij, Fëdor Mihajlovič --- Dostoevskij, Fjodor Mihajlovič --- Dostoevskij, Fedor Mikhajlovich --- Dostojevski, Fjodor Michajlovitsj --- Dostojewski, Fedor --- Dostojevski, Fedor --- Dostojewski, Fjodor --- Dostojevski, Fjodor --- Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsj --- Dostojewskij, Fjodor M. --- Dostoïevski, Fiodor --- Dostoïevsky, Fedor Mihajlovic --- Достоевский, Федор, --- Dostoevskiĭ, Fedor, --- Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch, --- Dostoievski, Fiodor, --- Dostojevski, F. M., --- Dostojewskij, Fjodor M., --- Tʻo-ssu-tʻo-yeh-fu-ssu-chi, --- Tuosituoyefusiji, --- Dostoevsky, Fyodor, --- Zuboskal, --- Dostoevskiĭ, Fedor Mikhaĭlovich, --- Dostoevskiĭ, F. M. --- Dostojewski, Fjedor Michailowitsch, --- Dustūyafskī, Fīdūr, --- Dostoievsky, F., --- Dosztojevszkij, Fjodor Mihajlovics, --- Tu-ssu-tʻo-yeh-fu-ssu-chi, --- Dusituoyefusiji, --- Dostojewski, --- Dostojewski, Fiodor, --- Dostoevskij, Fedor, --- Dostojewskij, F. M. --- Dostojevskij, F. M., --- Dostojevskij, Fjodor, --- D̲ostogiephski, Ph. M., --- Dostoïevsky, Th. M., --- D̲ostogiephsky, Phiontor Michaēlovits, --- Dostoiewskij, --- Dostojewski, Fjodor, --- Dostoevsky, Fedor, --- Dostoïevsky, Fédor, --- Dostoevsky, F. M. --- Dostojevskis, F., --- Dostoevski, F., --- Dostojewsky, --- Dosṭoyevsḳi, Fyodor Mikhailovits', --- Dostogephskē, Th., --- Dostojewski, Teodor, --- Dāstavaskī, --- D̲ostogephski, --- Dostojevskis, Fjodors, --- D̲ostogievskē, Phiontor, --- Dostoyewski, Fedor, --- Dosztojevszkij, F. M. --- Dosṭoyeṿsḳi, F. M., --- Dostojevskij, Fedor Michajlovič, --- Tāstayēvski, K̲apiyōtar, --- Dostoievski, Fedor, --- Dastoyaveski, Fiyodar, --- Dosṭoyevsḳi, Fyodor, --- Dāstāyivskī, --- דאםטאיעווםקי, פ. --- דאסטאיעווסקי, פ. --- דאסטאיעווסקי, פ. מ. --- דאסטאיעווסקי, פ. מ., --- דאסטאיעוועסקי, פ. --- דאסטאיעװסקי, פ.מ --- דאסטאיעװסקי, פ., --- דוסטויבסקי --- דוסטויבסקי, פדור מיכאילוביץ --- דוסטויבסקי, פיודור מיכאילוביץ, --- דוסטויבסקי, פיודור ניכילוביץ' --- דוסטויבסקי, פיודור, --- דוסטויבסקי, פי., --- דוסטויבסקי, פ. מ., --- דוסטויבסקי, ת. ד. --- דוסטוייבסקי, פיודור --- דוסטוייבסקי, פיודור, --- 陀司妥也夫斯基, --- 陀思妥也夫斯基, --- 陀思妥耶夫斯基, --- F. ドストエフスキー, --- Man, Tomas, --- Man, Tʻomasŭ, --- Mān, Tūmās, --- Manas, Tomas, --- Mani, Tʻomas, --- Mann, Paul Thomas, --- Mann, Tomas, --- Mann, Tomasz, --- Thomas, Paul, --- Манн, Томас, --- מאן, תומאס --- מאן, תומאס, --- מאן, טאמאס --- מאן, טאמאס, --- מן, תומס --- מן, טומס --- מן, טומס, --- مان، توماس