World Famous Comics: H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror
From: Cold Spring Press Publisher: Cold Spring Press Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Cold Spring Press Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 360 Publication Date: November 01, 2005
Product Description: In 1929-30, H.P. Lovecraft made some lists of both literary and popular stories "having the greatest amount of truly cosmic horror and macabre convincingness." These lists of his favorite weird tales make for a truly landmark Lovecraftian anthology. We present Lovecraft's own favorites horror
stories, including some well-known classics, alongside of a number of excellent rare tales by forgotten authors. Many of these stories are classics, inspiring several generations since of the world's best horror authors. Contributors include Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Robert W. Chambers, M. R. James, Algernon Blackwood, M. P. Shiel, A. Merritt, Walter de la Mare, Paul Suter, M. L. Humphreys, H.F. Arnold, Everil Worrell, Arthur J. Burks, and John Martin Leahy. This is the anthology of favorite weird tales that Lovecraft himself hoped to compile!
"To understand why Lovecraft regarded these stories as the touchstone for greatness in the literature of supernatural horror is to understand the significance of the genre itself. The classic works included in this collection, along with Lovecraft's own best tales, both justify and represent the essence of this form of human expression." – Thomas Ligotti
Superlative collection This is an absolutely superlative collection -- important for its assemblage of some of the very best of the horror genre and also because it helps provide historical insight into the tastes of H.P. Lovecraft, serving as a reading guide for his classic SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE. It also helps that this has such nice readable type!--unlike many of the collections of similar material released in paperback. Doug Anderson continues providing excellent insight into the literature of the weird and the fantastic.
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