H. P. Lovecraft: Letters with Donald and Howard Wandrei and to Emil Petaja

Lovecraft, H.P. / Donald & Howard Wandrei / Emil Petaja

ISBN 10: 1614982570 / ISBN 13: 9781614982579

Verlag: Hippocampus Press, New York, 2019

Beschreibung

New York: Hippocampus Press:, 2019. Trade paperback, New, 553 pp. "It is safe to say that Donald Wandrei (1908 1987) was one of Lovecraft s leading correspondents. In 1924 Wandrei came in touch with his literary idol, Clark Ashton Smith, and two years later Smith referred him to Lovecraft. There began a rich, expansive communication in which both sides of the correspondence are preserved largely intact, allowing for an unprecedented glimpse into the life and beliefs of the two authors. Wandrei began as a fiery, cosmic poet in the tradition of Smith, but later took to writing weird fiction. He persuaded Farnsworth Wright of Weird Tales to accept Lovecraft s seminal tale The Call of Cthulhu, just as Lovecraft urged Wright to take Wandrei s The Red Brain. Lovecraft introduced Wandrei to his fellow Midwesterner August Derleth, and after Lovecraft s death they founded Arkham House to publish the work of Lovecraft and other writers of weird fiction. Lovecraft came to believe that Donald Wandrei s brother Howard was a weird artist of the first order, and this volume features the letters and postcards they exchanged in the 1930s. Another late colleague, Emil Petaja, was of Finnish ancestry, and Lovecraft s letters to him are full of discussions into the fantasy fandom of that era along with his later beliefs on politics, society, and religion. As with other volumes of the Letters of H. P. Lovecraft series, this book prints all surviving letters unabridged and with exhaustive annotations by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz.".

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 64803

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: H. P. Lovecraft: Letters with Donald and Howard Wandrei and to Emil Petaja
• Verlag: Hippocampus Press, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1614982570
• ISBN-13: 9781614982579
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Trade paperback, New,

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Inhaltsangabe

It is safe to say that Donald Wandrei (1908–1987) was one of Lovecraft’s leading correspondents. In 1924 Wandrei came in touch with his literary idol, Clark Ashton Smith, and two years later Smith referred him to Lovecraft. There began a rich, expansive communication in which both sides of the correspondence are preserved largely intact, allowing for an unprecedented glimpse into the life and beliefs of the two authors. Wandrei began as a fiery, cosmic poet in the tradition of Smith, but later took to writing weird fiction. He persuaded Farnsworth Wright of Weird Tales to accept Lovecraft’s seminal tale "The Call of Cthulhu," just as Lovecraft urged Wright to take Wandrei’s "The Red Brain." Lovecraft introduced Wandrei to his fellow Midwesterner August Derleth, and after Lovecraft’s death they founded Arkham House to publish the work of Lovecraft and other writers of weird fiction. Lovecraft came to believe that Donald Wandrei’s brother Howard was a weird artist of the first order, and this volume features the letters and postcards they exchanged in the 1930s. Another late colleague, Emil Petaja, was of Finnish ancestry, and Lovecraft’s letters to him are full of discussions into the fantasy fandom of that era along with his later beliefs on politics, society, and religion. As with other volumes of the Letters of H. P. Lovecraft series, this book prints all surviving letters unabridged and with exhaustive annotations by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi. In addition, a rare interview of Donald Wandrei is included, along with poems, essays, and stories by Petaja.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer whose imaginative tales of cosmic horror helped shape modern supernatural fiction. Publishing many of his stories in pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, Lovecraft created a distinctive literary universe in which ancient and incomprehensible forces lurk beyond the limits of human understanding. His works-including The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, and At the Mountains of Madness-have influenced generations of writers and remain central to the tradition of weird and cosmic horror.