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Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories ("The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft begins on p. 257)
by Eric S. Rabkin. 478 pgs.

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As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories, ranging from Genesis to Ovid, Hans Christian Andersen to J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe to James Thurber, and Franz Kafka to Italo Calvino. Including tales of fairies and elves, ghost stories, high fantasy, and stories of social criticism and the conflict between science and religion, this volume presents a diverse selection of writings that all share the same capacity to liberate the human spirit through the wild mental acrobatics of fantasy.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Sources of the Fantastic

The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis King James Version

Myth

The Blackfoot Genesis

The Eye of the Giant

How I Brought Death into the World

The Myth of Actaeon Ovid

The Myth of Narcissus

The Myth of Philomela

The Ghost Wife

Folktale

The Magic Swan Geese

Why Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth

How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox

Paul Bunyan on the Columbia

Fairy Tale

Little Red-Cap

The Sleeping Beauty

Hansel and Grethel

The Tinderbox

The Tale of Cosmo

Leaf by Niggle

The Diversity of Fantastic Literature

Our Ideas of Time

Fantasy

Ritter Gluck: A Recollection from the Year 1809

The Oval Portrait

The Garden of Live Flowers

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Royal Banquet

Horror Fiction

The Sandman

The Black Cat

The Picture in the House

The Hand

Ghost Stories

The Moonlit Road

Lost Hearts

Golden Wings

Heroic Fantasy

The Sword of Welleran

The Five Black Swans

Science Fiction

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

The Birthmark

The Star

Epicac

The Third Level

The Star

Modern Fantasy

The Judgment

A Common Confusion

Cockroaches

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

Axolotl

Pastoral

All at One Point

There Is No Such Place as America

The Piano Player

Homage to the San Francisco YMCA

The Marker

The Zebra Storyteller

Annotated Bibliography

Index
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An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
by S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz. 341 pgs.

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H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is commonly regarded as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the 20th century. He has a tremendous popular following as well as a considerable and growing academic reputation as a writer of substance and significance. This exhaustive guide reveals many aspects of Lovecraft's life and work, codifying the detailed research conducted by many scholars over the past three decades. The volume draws upon rare documents, including thousands of unpublished letters, in presenting plot synopses, descriptions of characters, biographies of colleagues and family members, and entries on various topics and esoteric lore related to his works. Many of the entries include bibliographies, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading.

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Preface

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C

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General Bibliography

Index

About the Authors
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The Complete H. P. Lovecraft Filmography
by Charles P. Mitchell. 261 pgs.

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The influence of science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft is widely felt in modern literature; authors from Robert E. Howard to Stephen King can claim him as their ancestor. But cinema too has seen Lovecraft's impact, and author Charles Mitchell offers here a comprehensive guide to the dozens of films that are representative of this influence. Mitchell studies the films in detail, analyzing the major Lovecraft elements and examining the fidelity of the films to the original works. Amateur films as well as television productions and foreign cinema are included in Mitchell's scrutiny, revealing the challenge of transcribing Lovecraft to the screen, while at the same time suggesting the potential of Lovecraft's work for future, quality screen adaptations.

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Preface

Lovecraft and Cthulhu Cinema

Bleeders (1997)

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

Castle Freak (1995)

Dark Intruder (1964)

The Dunwich Horror (1969)

Evil Dead Ii: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Forever Evil (1987)

In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

Lurking Fear (1994)

The Manitou (1978)

Out of Mind (1998)

Phantoms (1998)

The Resurrected (1992)

The Shuttered Room (1967)

The Unnamable Ii: the Testament of Randolph Carter (1992)

Witch Hunt (1994)

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Index

About the Author

Recent Titles in Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts
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A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time
by S. T. Joshi. 422 pgs.

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H. P. Lovecraft has come to be recognized as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. But how did a man who died in poverty, with no book of his stories published in his lifetime, become such an icon in horror literature? S. T. Joshi, the leading authority on Lovecraft, traces in detail the course of Lovecraft’s life and shows how Lovecraft was engaged in the political, economic, social and intellectual currents of his time.

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Preface

Chapter One: Unmixed English Gentry

Chapter Two: A Genuine Pagan (1890–97)

Chapter Three: Black Woods and Unfathomed Caves (1898–1902)

Chapter Four: What of Unknown Africa? (1902–1908)

Chapter Five: Barbarian and Alien (1908–14)

Chapter Six: A Renewed Will to Live (1914–17)

Chapter Seven: Feverish and Incessant Scribbling (1917–19)

Chapter Eight: Cynical Materialist (1919–21)

Chapter Nine: The High Tide of My Life (1921–22)

Chapter Ten: For My Own Amusement (1923–24)

Chapter Eleven: Ball and Chain (1924)

Chapter Twelve: Moriturus Te Saluto (1925–26)

Chapter Thirteen: Paradise Regain'd (1926)

Chapter Fourteen: Cosmic Outsideness (1927–28)

Chapter Fifteen: Fanlights and Georgian Steeples (1928–30)

Chapter Sixteen: Non-Supernatural Cosmic Art (1930–31)

Chapter Seventeen: Mental Greed (1931–33)

Chapter Eighteen: In My Own Handwriting (1933–35)

Chapter Nineteen: Caring about the Civilization (1929–37)

Chapter Twenty: The End of One's Life (1935–37)

Epilogue: Thou Art Not Gone

Notes

Index
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Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide ("H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft (1890-1937)" begins on p. 270)
by Douglass H. Thomson, Jack G. Voller, Frederick S. Frank. 516 pgs.

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With its roots in Romanticism, antiquarianism, and the primacy of the imagination, the Gothic genre originated in the 18th century, flourished in the 19th, and continues to thrive today. This reference work provides an introduction to Gothic literature and its abundant criticism and summarizes contemporary developments and critical opinion in Gothic Studies. The volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for more than 50 Gothic writers from Horace Walpole to Stephen King. Each entry includes a primary bibliography, a critical essay on the author's place in the Gothic tradition, and a selected, annotated bibliography of scholarship. Entries for Russian, Japanese, French, and German writers give an international scope to the book, while the focus on English and American literature shows the dynamic nature of Gothicism today.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

John Aikin and Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld

William Harrison Ainsworth

Ueda Akinari

Gertrude Atherton

Margaret Atwood

Jane Austen and the Northanger Novelists

Franýois Thomas Marie de Baculard dýArnaud

William Beckford

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte

Charles Brockden Brown

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Wilkie Collins

Charlotte Dacre [Rosa Matilda]

Charles Dickens

Franýois Guillaume Ducray-Duminil

Mary Wilkins Freeman

William Godwin

Gothic Chapbooks, Bluebooks, and Short Stories in the Magazines

Gothic Drama

Nathaniel Hawthorne

E[rnst] T[heodor] A[madeus] Hoffmann

James Hogg

Washington Irving

Henry James

Stephen King

Izumi Kyoka

D. H. Lawrence

Sophia Lee

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Matthew Gregory ýMonký Lewis

George Lippard

H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft

Arthur Machen

Charles Robert Maturin

Herman Melville

Toni Morrison

Joyce Carol Oates

Flannery OýConnor

Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoevsky

Edgar Allan Poe

John Polidori

Ann Radcliffe

Clara Reeve

Count Donatien Alphonse Franýois Sade

Friedrich von Schiller

Sir Walter Scott

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Charlotte Turner Smith

Robert Louis Stevenson

Bram Stoker

Ludwig Tieck

Horace Walpole

General Bibliography of Critical Sources and Resources

Index of Authors and Titles

Index of Critics, Editors, and Translators

About the Editors and Contributors
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Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King
by David A. Oakes. 150 pgs.

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The writers of Gothic literature reflect in their works the concerns and fears of the times in which they were created, not only making these tales cultural artifacts of a previous time, but also showing how some sources of dread remain constant over the passage of centuries. This book examines how H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Matheson, and Stephen King have used science and technology in their modern Gothic works to destabilize the reader; that is, to create the sense of fear and dread at the heart of the Gothic genre. In doing so, these works force readers to ask disturbing questions about the society around them and to challenge long accepted notions and belief systems.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: American Gothic: 1798-1900

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 3: H. P. Lovecraft

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 4: Richard Matheson

CONCLUSION

Chapter 5: Stephen King

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin (Discussion of H. P. Lovecraft begins on p. 128)
by Brian Attebery. 212 pgs.

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Preface

One: Locating Fantasy

Two: Fantasy and the Folk Tradition

Three: Belief, Legend, and Romance

Four: Fantasy for American Children

Five: Oz

Six: Fantasy and Escape

Seven: The Baum Tradition

Eight: After Tolkien

Notes

Bibliography

Index
8.

Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Chap. 10 "The Horror, the Horror")
by John J. Pierce. 222 pgs.

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This book provides a detailed study of the relationship between science fiction and other genres. After discussing the problems inherent in classifying works according to genre, Pierce notes how science fiction sometimes incorporates plots from other literary forms. He then explores the relationship between science fiction and related genres, such as fantastic romances and techno-thrillers. The book next examines those science fiction writers who have successfully written in other literary forms, as well as authors active in other genres who have turned to science fiction to treat particular themes. Pierce also discusses the literary and stylistic aspects of science fiction. Throughout the book, Pierce's coverage is encyclopedic in nature. He provides examples from numerous works, and the volume closes with a detailed bibliography.

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Contributions to the Study Of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Preface

Part I: The Context of Science Fiction

1: Genre and Genrefication

2: The Strange and the Familiar

Part II: The Plot's the Thing

3: Boy Meets Girl

4: Science Fiction Eyes

5: Coming of Age

6: Generations

7: Working It Out

Part III: Borderlines

8: Here's Adventure, Here's Romance

9: Larger Than Life

10: The Horror, the Horror

11: The View from a Distant Star

12: The Way We Read Today

Part IV: Crossover Dreams

13: Escape from Science Fiction

14: Escape to Science Fiction

Part V: The Act of SF Creation

15: Story

16: Style

17: Substance

18: Scope

19: Synergy

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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Ramsey Campbell and Modern Horror Fiction (Includes discussion of H. P. Lovecraft in multiple chapters)
by S. T. Joshi. 179 pgs.

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Ramsey Campbell is one of the world�2s leading writers of supernatural stories, although he has received far less attention than other practitioners of the genre. Joshi focuses in a thematic rather than chronological approach on the whole of Campbell�2s rich and varied work, from his early tales to the powerfully innovative stories collected in Demons by Daylight. The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1975) to Silent Children (1999) are also examined in detail. Throughout this book, the author places Campbell�2s oeuvre within the context of contemporary horror literature.

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Abbreviations

Preface

My Roots Exhumed

I: Biography and Overview

II: First Human Colonisation

III: The Demons by Daylight Period

IV: The Transformation of Supernaturalism

V: Dreams and Reality

VI: Horrors of the City

VII: Paranoia

VIII: The Child as Victim and Villain

IX: Miscellaneous Writings

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties ("Tales of the Marvellous and the Ridiculous" begins on p. 286)
by Edmund Wilson. 536 pgs.

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Archibald Macleish and the Word

Van Wyck Brooks's Second Phase

The Boys in the Back Room

Max Eastman in 1941

T. K. Whipple

The Antrobuses And The Earwickers