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Os Melhores Contos de H.P. Lovecraft #7
Os Melhores Contos de H.P. Lovecraft - Volume 7
Sétimo Volume de Os Melhores Contos de Howard Phillips Lovecraft
O mestre do horror clássico está de volta com contos que ajudaram a moldar a definição de horror na literatura. Com tradução do Prof. José Manuel Lopes, este é mais um volume que ficará para a história do género em Portugal.
O mestre do horror clássico está de volta com contos que ajudaram a moldar a definição de horror na literatura. Com tradução do Prof. José Manuel Lopes, este é mais um volume que ficará para a história do género em Portugal.
320 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2019
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,111 books19.3k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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July 14, 2019
Apesar de ser um 7o volume, foi por onde comecei a ler a obra de HP Lovecraft. Uma vez que são contos sem ligação entre si, não me parece que a ordem tenha importância. Gostei mais de uns do que outros, por me falarem mais íntimo, mas na generalidade gosto muito da abordagem do autor. A tendência a descrever eventos na primeira pessoa e de uma forma não conclusiva, deixa constantemente no ar uma aura de mistério e horror curiosa. Porém depois de conhecer mais a sua personalidade e, apesar de ser o retrato tipico de um homem seu contemporâneo (racista, xenofobo, etc..) tive alguma dificuldade em empatizar com as histórias suspeitando sempre do que seriam metáforas.
January 17, 2020
Final volume of the Publishers collection of Lovecraft's works.
As the previous this is a collection of small stories written in partnership with other writers.
The first ones (3 - 4) are actually quite interesting and relate to Lovecraft's several Mythos, while the other are interesting Fantasy/Horror stories but not as related.
Not as good as his major works in the Old Ones, Outer Beings or Kadash mythos but still a interesting read for fans of Lovecraft.
As the previous this is a collection of small stories written in partnership with other writers.
The first ones (3 - 4) are actually quite interesting and relate to Lovecraft's several Mythos, while the other are interesting Fantasy/Horror stories but not as related.
Not as good as his major works in the Old Ones, Outer Beings or Kadash mythos but still a interesting read for fans of Lovecraft.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews