H.P. Lovecraft

Leverett Butts teaches American literature at the Gainesville campus of the University of North Georgia. He lives in Carrollton, Georgia.

“The critical essays explore a variety of aspects of Lovecraft’s work, such as his story structure, his relationship to Victorian fiction and modernism, and the ever-present issue of his racism and its reflection in his work...highly recommended”—Booklist; “Exceptionally informative and thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ in organization and presentation...recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “Butts does an admirable job selecting and annotating Lovecraft’s literary and critical writings...valuable.”—Mythlore.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceA Note on the TextPrimary WorksFictionHistory of the NecronomiconThe Call of CthulhuThe Colour Out of SpaceThe Dunwich HorrorThe Whisperer in DarknessThe Shadow Over InnsmouthPoetryWaste PaperFungi from YuggothCritical WorkSupernatural Horror in LiteratureSecondary WorksCriticismThe Structure of Lovecraft’s Longer Narratives (S.T. Joshi)Cosmic Fear and the Fear of the Lord: Lovecraft’s Religious Vision (Robert M. Price)The Victorian Era’s Influence on H.P. Lovecraft (Shannon N. Gilstrap)The Shadow Also Rises: H.P. Lovecraft’s Ambivalent Modernism (Tracy Bealer)Shantih Versus Shanty: Lovecraft’s Parody of Eliot’s Utopian Anxiety (Joseph Milford)The Internal Continuity of Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth (Jim Moon)ReflectionsThe Haunter of the Library: What Lovecraft Taught Me (Brad Strickland)An Interview with Cherie PriestAn Interview with Caitlín R. KiernanAn Interview with Richard MonacoAn Interpretation of Lovecraft’s Astrological Chart (Richard Monaco)Providence After Dark (T.E.D. Klein)NotesWorks Cited and Select BibliographyIndex