H. P. Lovecraft : midnight studies / Jan B. W. Pedersen.

Author/creator Pedersen, Jan B. W. author.
Other author Joshi, S. T., 1958- writer of foreword.
Format Book
PublicationOxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024]
Descriptionxiv, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword / S. T. Joshi -- On Lovecraft's lifelong relationship with wonder -- Howard Phillips Lovecraft : Romantic on the nightside -- "Now will you be good?" : Lovecraft, teetotalism and philosophy -- Lovecraft's garden : heart's blood at the root -- Weird fiction : a catalyst for wonder -- H. P. Lovecraft and the Dunsanian conjuration.
Abstract "This book offers a fresh perspective on the twentieth-century American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and argues that the gentleman of Providence was a Romantic at heart. The book takes a philosophical approach and draws on Lovecraft's essays, fiction and letters as well as poetry. Along the way, the reader is introduced to Lovecraft's relationship with wonder, his aversion towards the cold light of reason, his teetotalism and his love of gardens, contemplation, joy, the dramatic, the strange, the foreign and the beautiful. Also, the reader is privy to an exploration of Lovecraft's wonder-evoking tropes, the idea of dark wonder and what he called the Dunsanian Conjuration"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Pedersen, Jan B. W. H. P. Lovecraft Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024] 9781803743134
LCCN 2024010093
ISBN9781803743073
ISBN1803743077 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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