The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature

By H.P. Lovecraft
Edited by S. T. Joshi
ISBN 0967321506
174 pages
Paperback
$15.00

 

H. P. Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature," first published in 1927, is widely recognized as the finest historical survey of horror literature ever written. Beginning with instances of weirdness in ancient literature, Lovecraft proceeds to discuss horror writing in the Renaissance, the first Gothic novels of the late 18th century, the revolutionary importance of Edgar Allan Poe, the work of such leading figures as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, and William Hope Hodgson, and the four "modern masters" -- Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood and M. R. James. This edition includes extensive footnoting by S. T. Joshi, a bibliography of the works of the authors cited, and an index, making this edition truly an effective research tool.

Contents

• Preface, by S. T. Joshi
• Introduction, by S. T. Joshi
• Supernatural Horror in Literature
  1. Introduction
  2. The Dawn of the Horror-Tale
  3. The Early Gothic Novel
  4. The Apex of Gothic Romance
  5. The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction
  6. Spectral Literature on the Continent
  7. Edgar Allan Poe
  8. The Weird Tradition in America
  9. The Weird Tradition in the British Isles
  10. The Modern Masters
• Appendix
     The Favourite Weird Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
• Notes
• Bibliography of Authors and Works
• Index

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