H. P. Lovecraft: midnight studies

This book offers a fresh perspective on the twentieth-century American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and introduces the notion that the gentleman of Providence was a Romantic at heart. Lovecraft's relationship with wonder, gardens, joy, the dramatic, the strange and the beautiful are all...

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1. Verfasser: Pedersen, Jan B. W. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers 2024
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Zusammenfassung:This book offers a fresh perspective on the twentieth-century American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and introduces the notion that the gentleman of Providence was a Romantic at heart. Lovecraft's relationship with wonder, gardens, joy, the dramatic, the strange and the beautiful are all explored.
Cover -- HalfTitle -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- S. T. Joshi Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 On Lovecraft's Lifelong Relationship with Wonder -- What Is Wonder? -- Early Exposure to Wonder -- Lifelong Wonder -- Wonder-Loving Grandmothers and Lovecraft -- Summary: The Unsung Worshipper of Iris -- Chapter 2 Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Romantic on the Nightside -- What Is Romanticism? -- Romanticism in Lovecraft's 'Fact and Fancy' -- Summary: Thus Spoke Lovecraft the 'Poe'-et -- Chapter 3 'Now Will You Be Good?': Lovecraft, Teetotalism and Philosophy -- Against a Drunken Background: England -- Bacchus in America -- In Vino Veritas: The Early Lovecraft (1890-1925) -- In Aqua Sanitas: The Later Lovecraft (1925-1937) -- Summary and Possibility: A Dry Philosopher in a New Light -- Chapter 4 Lovecraft's Garden: Heart's Blood at the Root -- Romantic Gardens and Their Themes: A Primer -- Lovecraft's Romantic Bent: An Advance -- Romantic Qualities in Lovecraft's Short Stories and Poetry: A Precis -- Summary: A Closure -- Chapter 5 Weird Fiction: A Catalyst for Wonder -- Lovecraft and Weird Fiction -- Lovecraft: A Romantically Inclined Wonder-Monger -- Trope 1: Deliberately Vague and Suggestive Writing -- Trope 2: Between Worlds -- Trope 3: The Lonely Protagonist -- Trope 4: Mixing Reality and Fiction -- Dark Wonder and Dark Romanticism -- Chapter 6 H. P. Lovecraft and the Dunsanian Conjuration -- The Dunsanian Influence -- The Dunsanian Conjuration: An Exposition -- The Dunsanian Conjuration: An Apology -- The Reality Argument Contra The Dunsanian Conjuration -- The Escapism Argument Contra The Dunsanien Conjuration -- The Dead-Man-Working Argument Pro the Dunsanian Conjuration -- The Inspiration Argument Pro the Dunsanian Conjuration -- Summary: A Useful Tool -- Afterword -- Bibliography.
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