Penguin Classics: Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, The

Penguin Classics: Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, The
H P Lovecraft
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 448pg
5 Apr 2012 UK
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9780143106487
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This is a definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror in a "Penguin Classics" Deluxe edition with cover art by Travis Louie. Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu". More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer.
I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale -- Stephen King
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1890, Lovecraft was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. Using many pen names, he contributed his supernatural/horror and science fiction/fantasy stories to various pulp magazines but his reputation as a writer rests mainly on the 60 or so stories he published in Weird Tales starting in 1923. He died in 1937.
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ISBN-13: 9780143106487
Published: 5 Apr 2012
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 448
Dewey: 813.52

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