Masters of Prose - H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft · August Nemo

2020. g. jūn. · Masters of Prose 9. grāmata · Tacet Books

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Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.This edition is dedicated to the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, author of weird fiction and horror fiction. Lovecraft is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos. He was virtually unknown during his lifetime and was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty at the age of 46, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of supernatural horror fiction.This book contains the following writings:Novels: At the Mountains of Madness; The Shadow Out Of Time; Herbert West: Reanimator; The Shadow Out of Time; The Call of Cthulhu; The Dunwich Horror.Short Stories: The Outsider; Pickmans Model; The Statement of Randolph Carter; The Colour out of Space; The Music of Erich Zann.Essays: Notes on Writing Weird Fiction.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

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H.P. Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island. The horror magazine Weird Tales bought some of his stories in 1923. His story "The Call of Cthulhu" came out in 1928 in Weird Tales. Elements of this story would reappear in other related tales. In his final years, he took editing and ghostwriting work to try to make ends meet. He died on March 15, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island.