Hannes Storhaug-Meyer has just published his M.A. dissertation as a printed book, The Morphology of the Unknown: The Narrative Technique of H. P. Lovecraft…

“This thesis shows that the unknown actually forms the core of a narrative technique which we can identify in most of Lovecraft’s works. Through close readings of three of his most famous texts, “The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Shadow over Innsmouth” and “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”, this thesis analyzes the central role that unknowns play in them. It highlights how unknowns are created, maintained and resolved in the course of the narrative. The analyses also show how these unknowns affect the narrative flow and how the reader is affected by their presence. Ultimately, this thesis describes a narrative technique or model which is centered on the unknown and which is commonly found in Lovecraft’s texts.”

“Hannes Storhaug-Meyer is a teacher of English at Honefoss High School in Norway. He has studied British and American literature at the University of Oslo and received his M.A. for the thesis ‘The Morphology of the Unknown’.