| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
2 volumes (x, 1148 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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| Note |
Complete in 2 volumes. |
| Summary |
In 1996, S.T. Joshi's "H. P. Lovecraft : a life" was published as an abridged edition to his earlier editions of 1993-1995. This new version restores every word of Joshi's original manuscript and includes updated literary research on Lovecraft's life, work and mileu. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1085-1103) and index. |
| Contents |
Unmixed English gentry -- Genuine pagan (1890-1897) -- Black woods & unfathomed caves (1898-1902) -- What of unknown Africa? (1902-1908) -- Barbarian and alien (1908-1914) -- Renewed will to live (1914-1917 [I]) -- Metrical mechanic (1914-1917 [II]) -- Dreamers and visionaries (1917-1919 [I]) -- Feverish and incessant scribbling (1917-1919 [II]) -- Cynical materialist (1919-1921 [I]) -- Dunsanian studies (1919-1921 [II]) -- Stranger in this century (1919-1921 [III]) -- High tide of my life (1921-1922) -- For my own amusement (1923-1924) -- Ball and chain (1924) -- Assaults of chaos (1925-1926) -- Paradise regain'd (1926) -- Cosmic outsideness (1927-1928) -- Fanlights and Georgian steeples (1928-1930) -- Non-supernatural cosmic art (1930-1931) -- Mental greed (1931-1933) -- In my own handwriting (1933-1935) -- Close to the bread-line (1935-1936) -- End of one's life (1936-1937) -- Thou art not gone (1937-2010) |
| Subject |
Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Horror tales, American -- 20th century -- Authorship.
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Fantasy fiction, American -- 20th century -- Authorship.
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Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937. (OCoLC)fst00050179
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Horror tales, American -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00960400
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781614980513 (v. 1 ; paperback) |
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1614980519 (v. 1 ; paperback) |
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9781614980520 (v. 2 ; paperback) |
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1614980527 (v. 2 ; paperback) |
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9781614980537 (set ; paperback) |
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1614980535 (set ; paperback) |
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9780982429679 |
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0982429673 |
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