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I Am Providence : The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Weight: 1.74 lbs. Number of Pages: 598. Publication Date: 2013-01-31. Publisher: HIPPOCAMPUS PR.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHippocampus Press

ISBN-101614980527

ISBN-139781614980520

eBay Product ID (ePID)159954026

Product Key Features

Book TitleI am Providence : the Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft

Number of Pages598 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHorror & Supernatural, Literary

Publication Year2013

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorS. T. Joshi

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight27.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Volume NumberVol.2

Dewey Decimal813/.52 B

SynopsisAs the second volume of S. T. Joshi's comprehensive biography of H. P. Lovecraft begins, we find Lovecraft dwelling in misery in a one-room apartment in Brooklyn Heights: his wife, Sonia, has had to move to the Midwest for work, and he must rely on the companionship of the Kalem Club, the informal band of friends in the New York area. In 1926, in part through the intervention of his close friend Frank Belknap Long, Lovecraft finally decided to return to his native Providence, Rhode Island, effectively ending his marriage. That return spurred the greatest spurt of literary creativity he would ever experience: in less than a year, such works as "The Call of Cthulhu," The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath , The Case of Charles Dexter Ward , and "The Colour out of Space" would emerge from his pen, establishing Lovecraft as the leading weird fictionist of his generation. In spite of his increasing poverty, antiquarian travel occupied much of Lovecraft's time, and he gained an impressive knowledge of such oases of antiquity as Charleston, Quebec, St. Augustine, and Richmond. These voyages both renewed his connection with the past and infused his literary work, as such later tales as "The Whisperer in Darkness" and "The Shadow over Innsmouth" drew ever more profoundly upon his far-flung travels. Intellectually, Lovecraft evolved as well. Recent developments in science confirmed his materialism and his atheism, and the onset of the Great Depression gradually caused him to reassess his political and economic theory; he emerged as a moderate socialist and advocate of the New Deal. Late in life he became a giant in the world of fantasy fandom--a development that foreshadowed his worldwide fame in the decades following his early death.

LC Classification NumberPS3523.O833Z72 2013