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Reception Claims In Supernatural Horror In Literature And The Course Of Weird Fiction, John Glover
Reception Claims In Supernatural Horror In Literature And The Course Of Weird Fiction, John Glover
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This chapter explores H. P. Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature," considering the ways in which Lovecraft attempted to construct favorable conditions for the reception of his own work. The writing of the essay was a pivotal moment in Lovecraft's career and authorial self-fashioning. Both it and he went on to influence the development of weird fiction in Lovecraft's lifetime and subsequently, lasting well into the current period of reevaluation of the author's legacy and person.