Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (P.S.) - Softcover

Oates, Joyce Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061374601 ISBN 13: 9780061374609

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007

Synopsis

When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally as well as physically ruined, H. P. Lovecraft had no idea that he would one day be celebrated as the godfather of modern horror. A dark visionary, his work would influence an entire generation of writers, including Stephen King, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, and Anne Rice. Now, the most important tales of this distinctive American storyteller have been collected in a single volume by National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates.

In tales that combine the nineteenth-century gothic sensibility of Edgar Allan Poe with a uniquely daring internal vision, Lovecraft fuses the supernatural and mundane into a terrifying, complex, and exquisitely realized vision, foretelling a psychically troubled century to come. Set in a meticulously described New England landscape, here are harrowing stories that explore the total collapse of sanity beneath the weight of chaotic events--stories of myth and madness that release monsters into our world. Lovecraft's universe is a frightening shadow world where reality and nightmare intertwine, and redemption can come only from below.

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Product Description:

[Tales of H. P. Lovecraft]Tales of H. P. Lovecraft BY Lovecraft, H. P.(Author)Paperback

Review:

"H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."--Stephen King

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061374601
• ISBN 13: 9780061374609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368