| Description |
vii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Sympathy for the Shoggoths -- Dark arcadia: Arcadia, Arkham and H.P. Lovecraft's process of classical inversion -- The birds and the bees (according to H.P. Lovecraft) -- Secrets behind the locked door: Lovecraft and the Theseus myth -- From the moon to the pit: Lovecraft's moon-ladder -- Lovecraft's in memoriam: Phillips Gamwell and the Innsmouth coda -- H.P. Lovecraft and the magna mater. |
| Summary |
"Dark Arcadia attempts an objective reassessment of the controversial works and life of American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Ignoring secondary accounts and various received truths, Gavin Callaghan goes back to the weird texts themselves, and follows where Lovecraft leads him: into an arcane world of parental giganticism and inverted classicism"--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. (OCoLC)fst00050179
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780786470792 (softcover ; alk. paper) |
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0786470798 (softcover ; alk. paper) |
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1476602395 (electronic bk.) |
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9781476602394 (electronic bk.) |
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