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The fifth and final volume of the Hippocampus Press edition of Lovecraft’s Collected Essays has now appeared. Volumes 1 (Amateur Journalism) and 2 (Literary Criticism) appeared in 2004; Volumes 3 (Science) and 4 (Travel) appeared in 2005; and Volume 5 (Philosophy; Autobiography and Miscellany) is now available. A CD-ROM containing the full text of all the volumes, along with a transcript of the entire contents of Lovecraft’s amateur journal, the Conservative (1915–23; 13 issues), scanned images of all issues of the Conservative, a complete chronology of Lovecraft’s writings (fiction, poetry, and essays), and other matter, will be available shortly. With this five-volume set, in addition to the four Arkham House volumes of fiction and revisions, the remaining fiction contained in Miscellaneous Writings (1995), and the collected poetry found in The Ancient Track (2001), readers will possess the Collected Works of H. P. Lovecraft, exclusive of letters. A review of the Collected Essays will probably appear in the next issue of the Lovecraft Annual.
The Library of America edition of Lovecraft’s Tales (2005), aside from completing his definitive inclusion in the canon of American literature, was one of the best-selling volumes published by the Library of America, selling 25,000 copies within the first few months of publication. It received wide, if mixed, reviews in major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times Book Review, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. Assembled by Peter Straub and using the corrected texts established by S. T. Joshi, the volume includes 22 stories covering the entire chronological range of Lovecraft’s fiction-writing career, although it contains none of the “Dunsanian” fantasies. Perhaps a second volume, containing some of these stories along with essays, poems, and letters, should be contemplated.
Table of Contents
Contents
Lovecraft Read This - Darrell Schweitzer
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Lovecraft and Lawrence Face the Hidden Gods - Robert H. Waugh
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Memories of Sonia H. Greene Davis - Martin H. Kopp
Letters to Lee McBride White - H. P. Lovecraft
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The Negative Mystics of the Mechanistic Sublime - Jeff Lacy & Steven J. Zani
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Unity in Diversity - Philip A. Ellis
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“They Have Conquered Dream” - Peter Levi
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The Master’s Eyes Shining with Secrets - Matt Cardin
Introduction: The Shade of Lovecraft
I. Dark Guru, Personal Presence: Lovecraft in Ligotti’s life
II. Notes on the Horror of Writing: Lovecraft in Ligotti’s Work, and vice versa
III. Lovecraft and Ligotti, sui generis
IV. Conclusion: The Enchanting Nightmare
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Thomas Ligotti’s Metafictional Mapping - John Langan
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