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H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth (Ed.), Donald Wandrei (Ed.)
1944 Sauk City, WI: Arkham House

Abstract

A collection of Lovecraft's revisions, ghost-writing, collaborations, essays, and juvenilia. Also contains a number of important memoirs, remembrances, etc.

Contents

1. Foreword by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, v-vii

Ghost-Writing

1. Imprisoned with the Pharoahs by H. P. Lovecraft and Houdini, 3-36

Revisions

1. Medusa's Coil by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Brown Reed Bishop, 27-84
2. Winged Death by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, 85-115
3. The Man of Stone by H. P. Lovecraft by Hazel Heald, 116-134

Insert:

1. Lament for H. P. L. by Alfred Galpin, 134

Essays

1. Notes on the Writing of Weird Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft, 135-139
2. Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft, 140-147
3. Lord Dunsany and His Work by H. P. Lovecraft, 148-160
4. Heritage or Modernism: Common Sense in Art Forms by H. P. Lovecraft, 161-173
5. Some Backgrounds of Fairyland by H. P. Lovecraft, 174-183
6. Some Causes of Self-Immolation by H. P. Lovecraft, 184-198
7. A Guide to Charleston, South Carolina by H. P. Lovecraft, 199-237
8. Observations on Several Parts of North America by H. P. Lovecraft, 238-267

Juvenilia

1. The Beast in the Cave by H. P. Lovecraft, 268-275
2. The Transition of Juan Romero by H. P. Lovecraft, 276-284

Fragments

1. Azathoth by H. P. Lovecraft, 285
2. The Book by H. P. Lovecraft, 286-289
3. The Descendant by H. P. Lovecraft, 290-293
4. The Very Old Folk by H. P. Lovecraft, 294-302
5. The Thing in the Moonlight by H. P. Lovecraft and J. Chapman Miske, 303-304
6. Two Comments by H. P. Lovecraft, 305-208

In Appreciation: Howard Phillips Lovecraft

1. His Own Most Fantastic Creation by Winfield Townley Scott, 309-331
2. Some Random Memories of H. P. L. by Frank Belknap Long, 332-337
3. H. P. Lovecraft: An Appreciation by T. O. Mabbott, 338-341
4. The Wind That is in the Grass: A Memoir of H. P. Lovecraft in Florida by R. H. Barlow, 342-350
5. Lovecraft and Science by Kennth Sterling, M.D., 351-354
6. Lovecraft as a Formative Influence by August Derleth, 355-361
7. The Dweller in Darkness: Lovecraft, 1927 by Donald Wandrei, 362-269
8. To Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Clark Ashton Smith, 370
9. H. P. L. by Henry Kuttner, 371
10. Lost Dream by Emil Petaja, 372
11. To Howard Phillips Lovecraft by Francis Flagg, 373
12. H. P. Lovecraft by Frank Belknap Long, 373
13. Elegy: In Providence the Spring by August Derleth, 374
14. For the Outsider: H. P. Lovecraft by Charles E. White, 375
15. In Memoriam: H. P. Lovecraft by Richard Ely Morse, 376

Works Cited

See individual articles.

Cited By

Books

• Lovecraft A Study in the Fantastic

Articles

• A Look At Lovecraft's Letters
• The First Lewis Theobald
• H. P. Lovecraft: His Life and Work
• H. P. Lovecraft: Myth Maker
• The Parents Of Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Tales of the Marvellous and the Ridiculous
• Textual Problems in Lovecraft