023-0211
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FROM Clark Ashton Smith | |
TO August Derleth | |
28-Apr-1937 |
Abstract
Thanks for the photograph of H. P. Lovecraft; on the organization of Lovecraft's stories (mentioning "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Colour Out of Space," and "The Dunwich Horror"); on the development of the artificial mythology in Lovecraft and Smith's stories (citing "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros," "The Testament of Athammaus," "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dunwich Horror," Fungi from Yuggoth, and "The Whisperer in Darkness"); lengthy criticism of Derleth's "The Return of Hastur"; Smith's musings on the Cthulhu Mythos after re-reading several of Lovecraft's tales (citing "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Shadow over Innsmouth," and "The Dreams in the Witch House"); quoting a letter from Lovecraft on Alfred Galpin.
Cited By
TBD
Included In
- Clark Ashton Smith: Letters to H. P. Lovecraft (highly abridged)
- Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith (abridged)
Preceded By 023-0210 | Letters of Clark Ashton Smith and August Derleth | Followed by 023-0212 |
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Preceded By 023-0210 | Clark Ashton Smith: Letters to H. P. Lovecraft | Followed By 023-0212 |
Preceded By 023-0210 | Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith | Followed By 023-0212 |
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