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A review by raechel
Supernatural Horror in Literature by H.P. Lovecraft
4.0
This is a short book, but worth the read if you're a HP Lovecraft or horror fan.
Supernatural Horror in Literature is HP Lovecraft's essay on...well, supernatural horror in literature. He breaks his essay into chapters covering The Dawn of the Horror Tale, The Early Gothic Novel, The Apex of Gothic Romance, The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction, Spectral Literature on the Continent, Edgar Allan Poe, The Weird Tradition in America, The Weird Tradition in the British Isles, and The Modern Masters.
While a lot of what he has to say is accurate even today, a fair bit of this essay is Lovecraft discussing specific works of horror fiction and giving away the entire plot so...spoiler alert. I'm also jealous from all the works of weird and horror fiction he name-drops that he must have read to research this essay. It's awesome!
Yes, there is a little smidge of that Lovecraft Racism, but if "Lovecraft was a racist" is all you know about HP Lovecraft, then this essay isn't for you. Go read some of his short stories first and form an actual opinion on his work.
One of the most amusing things about this essay, besides gaining about a down more titles to my TBR list, is that Lovecraft rates cosmic horror as the highest form of horror. But if you're so much of a fan of Lovecraft that you want to read 100+ pages of him talking about cool horror, you probably agree.
Supernatural Horror in Literature is HP Lovecraft's essay on...well, supernatural horror in literature. He breaks his essay into chapters covering The Dawn of the Horror Tale, The Early Gothic Novel, The Apex of Gothic Romance, The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction, Spectral Literature on the Continent, Edgar Allan Poe, The Weird Tradition in America, The Weird Tradition in the British Isles, and The Modern Masters.
While a lot of what he has to say is accurate even today, a fair bit of this essay is Lovecraft discussing specific works of horror fiction and giving away the entire plot so...spoiler alert. I'm also jealous from all the works of weird and horror fiction he name-drops that he must have read to research this essay. It's awesome!
Yes, there is a little smidge of that Lovecraft Racism, but if "Lovecraft was a racist" is all you know about HP Lovecraft, then this essay isn't for you. Go read some of his short stories first and form an actual opinion on his work.
One of the most amusing things about this essay, besides gaining about a down more titles to my TBR list, is that Lovecraft rates cosmic horror as the highest form of horror. But if you're so much of a fan of Lovecraft that you want to read 100+ pages of him talking about cool horror, you probably agree.