{"product_id":"the-classic-horror-stories-h-p-lovecraft-9780198759492","title":"The Classic Horror Stories","description":"H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of \"weird fiction.\" Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign beings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent extra-terrestrial visitations. The ornate language of his stories builds towards grotesque moments of revelation, quite unlike any other writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new selection brings together nine of his classic tales, focusing on the \"Cthulhu Mythos,\" a cycle of stories that develops the mythology of the Old Ones, the monstrous creatures who predate human life on earth. It includes the Introduction from Lovecraft's critical essay, \"Supernatural Horror in Literature,\" in which he gave his own important definition of \"weird fiction.\" In a fascinating contextual introduction, Roger Luckhurst gives Lovecraft the attention he deserves as a writer who used pulp fiction to explore a remarkable philosophy that shockingly dethrones the mastery of man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. P. Lovecraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198759495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198759492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"H. P. Lovecraft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045619691775,"sku":"9780198759492","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fea3ade8-0668-48eb-9686-564abeeedc0c.jpg?v=1684979757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-classic-horror-stories-h-p-lovecraft-9780198759492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}