A series of major works by the master of the horror genre--including "The Rates in the Walls" and "The Dreams in the Witch-House"--showcases his meticulously described and historically grounded style, which became the basis for the modern horror story. Reprint.

Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

Literature & Fiction

Joyce Carol Oates

Howard Phillips, Lovecraft

United States

Ecco

A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror "I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." -Stephen King Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

Penguin Classics

H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), the most important American supernaturalist since Poe, has had an incalculable influence on all the horror-story writing of recent decades. Although his supernatural fiction has of late been enjoying an unprecedented fame, it is still not widely known that he wrote a critical history of supernatural horror in literature that has yet to be superseded as the finest historical discussion of the genre. This extraordinary work is presented in this volume in its final, revised text. With incisive penetration and power, Lovecraft here formulates the aesthetics of supernatural horror, and summarizes in masterful fashion the range of its literary expression from primitive folklore to the tales of his own 20th-century masters. Following a discussion of terror-literature in ancient, medieval and renaissance culture, he launches on a critical survey of the whole history of horror fiction from the Gothic school of the 18th century (when supernatural horror finally found its own genre) to the time of De la Mare and M. R. James. The Castle of Otranto, Radcliffe, "Monk" Lewis, Fathek, Charles Brockden Brown, Melmoth the Wanderer, Frankenstein, Bulwer-Lytton, Fongué's Undine, Wuthering Heights, Poe (an entire chapter), The House of the Seven Gables, de Maupassant's Horla, Bierce, The Turn of the Screw, M. P. Shiel, W. H. Hodgson, Machen, Blackwood, and Dunsany are among the authors and works discussed in depth. Lovecraft also notices a host of lesser supernatural writers — enough to draw up an extensive reading list. By charting so completely the background for his own concepts of horror and literary techniques, Lovecraft throws light on his own fiction as well as on the horror literature which has followed in his influential wake. For this reason this book will be especially intriguing to those who have read and enjoyed Lovecraft's fiction as an isolated phenomenon. These and other readers, searching for a guide through the inadequately marked region of literary horror, need search no further. New introduction by E. F. Bleiler.

Supernatural Horror in Literature

History & Criticism

Dover Publications. Inc.

Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters

In Lord of a Visible World, the editors have amassed and arranged the letters of this prolific writer into the story of his life. The volume traces Lovecraft's upbringing in Providence, Rhode Island, his involvement with the pulp magazine Weird Tales, his short-lived marriage, and his later status as the preeminent man of letters in his field. In addition to conveying the candid details of his life, the volume also traces the evolution of his wide-ranging opinions. Lovecraft shows himself to be deeply engaged in the social, political, and cultural milieu of his time. The editors, two of the leading Lovecraft scholars, have meticulously edited the text, transcribing the letters from manuscript sources and supplying explanatory annotations throughout. Lord of a Visible World is of interest to both the general reader and the scholar, presenting for the first time a well-rounded portrait, in his own words, of a writer whose work has fascinated millions of readers.

Biographies & Memoirs

S.T. Joshi

David E. Schultz

Arts & Literature

Ohio University Press

Venture at your own risk into a realm where the sun sinks into oblivionâ€“and all that is unholy, unearthly, and unspeakable rises. These rare, hard-to-find collaborations of cosmic terror are back in print, including â€ Wentworthâ€™s Day A fellow figures his debt to a dead man is null and void, until he discovers just how terrifying interest rates can be. â€ The Shuttered Room A sophisticated gentleman must settle his grandfatherâ€™s estate, only to find that the house shelters dark secrets. â€ The Dark Brotherhood A beautiful woman and her companion meet the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, in a tale as terrifying as anything Poe himself ever created. â€ Innsmouth Clay A sculptor returns from Paris to create a statue not entirely of this worldâ€“and not at all under his control. â€ Witchesâ€™ Hollow A new schoolteacher puts his soul in peril while trying to save one of his students from a ravenous creature.

The Watchers Out of Time (Masters of Horror)

August Derleth

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Carroll & Graf Pub.

The Essential Tales Of H.p. Lovecraft

Sweet-Water Press

<h2>How is this book unique?</h2> <ul> <li>Font adjustments & biography included</li> <li>Unabridged (100% Original content)</li> <li>Formatted for e-reader</li> <li>Illustrated</li> </ul> <h2>About The Dunwich Horror by Howard Phillips Lovecraft</h2> "The Dunwich Horror" is a story by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. "The Dunwich Horror" is one of the few tales Lovecraft wrote wherein the heroes successfully defeat the antagonistic entity or monster of the story. In the isolated, desolate, decrepit village of Dunwich, Massachusetts, Wilbur Whateley is the hideous son of Lavinia Whateley, a deformed and unstable albino mother, and an unknown father. Strange events surround his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. Locals shun him and his family, and animals fear and despise him due to his odor. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. Various locals grow suspicious after Old Whateley buys more and more cattle, yet the number of his herd never increases, and the cattle in his field become mysteriously afflicted with severe open wounds.

The Dunwich Horror: By Howard Phillips Lovecraft - Illustrated

Classics

Independently published

<h2>How is this book unique?</h2> <ul> <li>Font adjustments & biography included</li> <li>Unabridged (100% Original content)</li> <li>Formatted for e-reader</li> <li>Illustrated</li> </ul> <h2>About The Cats of Ulthar by Howard Phillips Lovecraft</h2> The Cats of Ulthar is a story written by American fantasy author Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing and killing the townspeople's cats. When a caravan of wanderers passes through the city, the kitten of an orphan (Menes) traveling with the band disappears. Upon hearing of the couple's violent acts towards cats, Menes invokes a prayer before leaving town that causes the local felines to swarm the cat-killers' house and devour them. Upon witnessing the result, the local politicians pass a law forbidding the killing of cats. Influenced by Lord Dunsany, the tale was a personal favorite of Lovecraft's and has remained popular since his death. Considered one of the best short stories of Lovecraft's early period, aspects of the The Cats of Ulthar would be referenced again in the author's works The Other Gods and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

The Cats of Ulthar: By Howard Phillips Lovecraft - Illustrated

Il est l'histoire d'un géologue à l'Université de Miskatonic, qui effectue une expédition en Antarctique avec une équipe de spécialistes à la première personne. Survivor raconte comment le projet a commencé, comme avec une grande équipe d'avions, en principe, traîneaux et tout le nécessaire pour que le projet se concrétiser; tout devient déshonoré par un vol de reconnaissance où ils rencontrent une impressionnante montagnes sombres pleins de mal. Le premier groupe décide d'explorer disparaît dans des circonstances étranges et après plusieurs tentatives de localisation, l'expédition décide de passer à la pleine place et enquêter sur ce qui est arrivé à cet endroit fatidique.

Les Montagnes Hallucinées (French Edition)

Literary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Herbert West: Reanimator

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