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The call of Cthulhu and other weird stories / H.P. Lovecraft ; edited with an introduction and notes by S.T. Joshi.
Van Pelt Library PS3523.O833 A6 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.
- Series:
- Penguin twentieth-century classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horror tales, American.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 420 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
- Summary:
- Long after his death, H. P. Lovecraft continues to enthrall readers with his gripping tales of madness and cosmic terror, and his effect on modern horror fiction continues to be felt -- Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker have acknowledged his influence. His unique contribution to American literature was a melding of Poe's traditional supernaturalism with the emerging genre of science fiction. Originally appearing in pulp magazines like Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, Lovecraft's work is now being regarded as the most important supernatural fiction of the twentieth century.
- Lovecraft's biographer and preeminent interpreter, S. T. Joshi, has prepared this volume of eighteen stories -- from the early classics like "The Outsider" and "Rats in the Wall" to his mature masterworks, "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." The first paperback to include the definitive corrected texts, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style, and establishes him as a canonical -- and visionary -- American writer.
- Contents:
- Dagon 1
- The Statement of Randolph Carter 7
- Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 14
- Celephais 24
- Nyarlathotep 31
- The Picture in the House 34
- The Outsider 43
- Herbert West
- Reanimator 50
- The Hound 81
- The Rats in the Walls 89
- The Festival 109
- He 119
- Cool Air 130
- The Call of Cthulhu 139
- The Colour Out of Space 170
- The Whisperer in Darkness 200
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth 268
- The Haunter of the Dark 336.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-420).
- ISBN:
- 0141182342
- OCLC:
- 40723781
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