The Dark Eidolon and other fantasies / Clark Ashton Smith ; edited with an introduction and notes by S. T. Joshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Clark Ashton, 1893-1961.

Contributor:

Joshi, S. T., 1958- editor.

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American.

American poetry.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 370 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2014.

Summary:

"A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatural. Not just any fantasy, horror, and science fiction author could impress H. P. Lovecraft into calling him "unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living" or compel Fritz Lieber to employ the worthy term sui generis. Clark Ashton Smith-autodidact, prolific poet, amateur philosopher, bizarre sculptor, and unmatched storyteller-simply wrote like no one else, before or since. This new collection of his very best tales and poems is selected and introduced by supernatural literature scholar S. T. Joshi and allows readers to encounter Smith's visionary brand of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, each one filled with invention, terror, and a superlative sense of metaphysical wonder"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780143107385

0143107380

OCLC:

852829953

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