Primal Sources: Essays on H. P. Lovecraft
S. T. Joshi
2003 New York, NY: Hippocampus Press

Abstract

A collection of some of S. T. Joshi's essays on H. P. Lovecraft, culled mostly from introductions, Lovecraft Studies, and Crypt of Cthulhu.

Contents

1. Introduction, 7-8

I. Lovecraft the Man

1. Lovecraft and the Munsey Magazines, 9-19
2. Lovecraft and Weird Tales, 20-28
3. A Look at Lovecraft's Letters, 29-42
4. Lovecraft and the Films of His Day, 43-46
5. Lovecraft's Library, 47-50

II. Lovecraft the Writer and Thinker

1. Autobiography in Lovecraft, 51-63
2. "Reality" and Knowledge, 64-73
3. In Defence of Dagon and Lovecraft's Philosophy, 74-80
4. The Rationale of Lovecraft's Pseudonyms, 81-89
5. The Dream World and the Real World in Lovecraft, 90-103
6. Lovecraft's Alien Civilizations: A Political Interpretation, 104-125
7. Topical References in Lovecraft, 126-144

III. Studies on Individual Works

1. Lovecraft, Regner Lodbrog, and Olaus Wormius, 145-153
2. On "Polaris", 154-158
3. What Happens in "Arthur Jermyn", 159-161
4. "The Tree" and Ancient History, 162-166
5. The Sources for "From Beyond", 167-171
6. Lovecraft and the Regnum Congo, 172-176
7. Lovecraft and Dunsany's Chronicles of Rodriguez, 177-181
8. On "The Descendant", 182-184
9. Some Sources for "The Mound" and At the Mountains of Madness, 185-189
10. On "The Book", 190-194
11. Lovecraft's Fantastic Poetry, 195-206
12. Books by S. T. Joshi, 207-208

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