H. P. Lovecraft: Nightmare Countries (The Master of Cosmic Horror)
by S. T. Joshi
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Although he lived and died in obscurity, H. P. Lovecraft inspired horror and sci-fi authors, including Stephen King, Robert Bloch (Psycho), and Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian). His legions of fans around the world have remained devoted for nearly 100 years.Tags
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S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer, a scholar, and an editor. He is the author of The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism and God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong, and the editor of Atheism: A Reader, The Agnostic Reader, H. L Mencken on Religion; Documents of American Prejudice; In Her Place: A Documentary History of show more Prejudice against Women; and What Is Man? And Other Irreverent Essays. He is also the editor of the American Rationalist. show less
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- H. P. Lovecraft; Arthur B. May; Whipple Van Buren Phillips; Chester P. Munroe; Edward F. Daas; John T. Dunn (show all 33); W. Paul Cooki; Samuel Loveman; Reinhart Kleiner; Sonia Haft Greene; Maurice W. Moe; Alfred Galpin; Winifred Virginia Jackson; Frank Belknap Long; Hart Crane; Clark Ashton Smith; David Van Bush; J. C. Henneberger; Farnsworth Wright; Edith Miniter; August Derleth; Donald Wandrei; Robert E. Howard; E. Hoffmann Price; Harry Brobst; Robert H. Barlow; Robert Bloch; Julius Schwartz; Anne Tillery Renshaw; Annie Gamwell; Edmund Wilson; Dirk W. Mosig; Willis Conover
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- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir, Horror, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
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- PS3523 .O833 .Z714 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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