false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176931345m/666634.jpg 666634 7 This is a lively, opinionated historical essay on supernatural literature written during '24 thru '27. Interesting to horror fans (even for those uninterested in his fiction) for superb plot summaries & subjective assessments, the book is a short history of horror from folk tales, ballads & myths of the Middle Ages, thru Gothic novels, Victorian ghost stories & American pulp writers. It is especially good on Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Machen & William Hope Hodgson, including Lovecraft's views on what makes a good horror story. E. F. Bleiler, a scholar of supernatural fiction, provides an introduction. 124218 1927 Supernatural Horror in Literature total:110|5:40|4:44|3:23|2:3|1:0| 110 451 153 14 4 1 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 13:59:32 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 20:18:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 09 18:26:21 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 18:43:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 18:04:31 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 12:53:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 16:08:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 16:09:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 22 17:04:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 08:56:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 12 20:09:50 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 22:09:57 -0700 2008 H.P. Lovecraft writes a nice little history of horror and supernatural literature. It's easy to read and comes from someone who really likes horror literature. I had hoped for a bit more analysis of the genre or authors/stories. A lot of the time he gives quick, spoiler synopses to tons of books...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 30 09:47:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 09:50:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 09:51:45 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 14:30:27 -0700 2007
H.P. Lovecraft was pretty clearly racist. But was it true "hatred" of others, or was he just a white-elitist living in a time when all ot...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 06:57:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 22:07:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 08:19:05 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 06:07:52 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Wed Aug 01 13:37:37 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 13:40:49 -0700 2007 2 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Sat Jun 07 00:20:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 00:22:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Dec 01 21:57:17 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 21:58:31 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Oct 15 20:51:48 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 20:53:45 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 18:27:11 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:27:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 12:17:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:17:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 16:23:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:23:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 09:04:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:04:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 19:11:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:11:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 12:57:53 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 12:57:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=666634