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The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
Contributor(s): Lovecraft, H. P. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0440506603     ISBN-13: 9780440506607
Publisher: Bantam Dell
OUR PRICE: $16.15  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1997
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Annotation: Now readers have an opportunity to scrutinize and further appreciate the greatness of Lovecraft's strange genius as Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi annotates, for the first time, some of Lovecraft's most famous tales. S. T. Joshi's text illuminates the more obscure references throughout Lovecraft's writing, from an explanation of the chemicals referred to in "The Dunwich Horror" to the definition of one of his favorite adjectives, "eldritch". Readers will also discover which story details are wholly fabricated by H. P. Lovecraft and which are taken from real life, such as the "Moodus Noises" and "Garden of the Gods".
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror - General
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
- Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 96053689
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" L (0.83 lbs) 368 pages
Features: Annotated, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/1997 pg. 1669
Library Journal 11/01/1997 pg. 121
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Explore the marvelous complexity of Lovecraft's writing--including his use of literary allusions, biographical details, and obscure references in this rich, in-depth exploration of great horror fiction from the acknowledged master of the weird, including the stories "Herbert West--Reanimator", "Pickman's Model", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Thing on the Doorstep", "The Horror at Red Hook" and more.

Did Lovecraft believe in ghosts or paranormal phenomena? In what story does the narrator fear riding the Boston T?

A pathfinder in the literary territory of the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft is one of America's giants of the horror genre. Now, in this second volume of annotated tales, Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and Peter Cannon provide another rare opportunity to look into the mind of a genius. Their extensive notes lift the veil between real events in the writer's life--such as the death of his father--and the words that spill out onto the page in magnificent grotesquerie. Mansions, universities, laboratories, and dank New England boneyards appear also as the haunts where Lovecraft's characters confront the fabulous and fantastic, or--like the narrator in "Herbert West--Reanimator"--dig up fresh corpses.

Richly illustrated and scrupulously researched, this extraordinary work adds exciting levels of meaning to Lovecraft's chilling tales . . . and increases our wonder at the magic that transforms life into a great writer's art.
 
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