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Le storie dell'orrore puro. L'incubo
A Lovecraft va indubbiamente ascritto il merito di avere aperto nuovi orizzonti all'interno del genere dell'Orrore Soprannaturale, di cui è l'indiscutibile caposcuola: egli ha infatti portato le sue storie terrificanti al di là dell'uomo e della sua dimensione, investendo gli imperscrutabili abissi dello spazio, e ha indagato tutte le possibilità della paura in un universo allucinante e spaventoso
Spazi extra-galattici, alieni, dimensioni sconosciute, estremi confini del cosmo: questo l'universo del terrore soprannaturale partorito dalla fervida mente di un maestro di storie dell'orrore.
Spazi extra-galattici, alieni, dimensioni sconosciute, estremi confini del cosmo: questo l'universo del terrore soprannaturale partorito dalla fervida mente di un maestro di storie dell'orrore.
446 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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H.P. Lovecraft
6,108 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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August 16, 2017
Uno dei peggiori della raccolta?
Le cose peggiorano in questo volume. Ho trovato interessante soltanto una delle svariate storie qui contenute, per il resto ci sono soltanto scritti poco interessanti di Lovecraft. E in tutta onestà la parte finale con il taccuino dell'autore se la potevano risparmiare. Comincio a pensare davvero che questa raccolta non ha motivo di esistere. Un'operazione commerciale con il collage di tutto quello che ha scritto Lovecraft comprese le lettere dell'alfabeto sulla carta igienica.
Le cose peggiorano in questo volume. Ho trovato interessante soltanto una delle svariate storie qui contenute, per il resto ci sono soltanto scritti poco interessanti di Lovecraft. E in tutta onestà la parte finale con il taccuino dell'autore se la potevano risparmiare. Comincio a pensare davvero che questa raccolta non ha motivo di esistere. Un'operazione commerciale con il collage di tutto quello che ha scritto Lovecraft comprese le lettere dell'alfabeto sulla carta igienica.
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