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New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature

The Critical Influence of H. P. Lovecraft

Sean Moreland editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:22nd Sep '18

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This collection of essaysexamines the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important critical work, Supernatural Horror in Literature. Each chapter illuminates a crucial aspect of Lovecraft’s criticism, from its aesthetic, philosophical and literary sources, to its psychobiological underpinnings, to its pervasive influence on the conception and course of horror and weird literature through the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. These essays investigate the meaning of cosmic horror before and after Lovecraft, explore his critical relevance to contemporary social science, feminist and queer readings of his work, and ultimately reveal Lovecraft’s importance for contemporary speculative philosophy, film and literature.

ISBN: 9783319954769

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 519g

286 pages

1st ed. 2018