{"id":48288,"date":"2021-06-06T14:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=48288"},"modified":"2021-06-06T14:54:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T11:54:44","slug":"call-h-p-lovecraft-and-germany-cultural-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/06\/06\/call-h-p-lovecraft-and-germany-cultural-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Call: ‘H.P. Lovecraft and Germany: Cultural Reflections’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The May 2021 report of The German Lovecraft Society (DLG) states they have nearly reached 300 paid-up members, and that the next two issues of The Lovecrafter<\/em> journal are approaching publication. These are themed “Witches and Witchcraft” and “Crossover”. After these, #9 and #10 will be on “Lovecraft’s Geographies” and “The Dreamlands” respectively. The report also notes…<\/p>\n

the DLG’s literary team has posted a call-for-papers<\/a> for our essay book H.P. Lovecraft and Germany: Cultural Reflections<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Proposals for chapters are welcome in German, until 1st July 2021. Translated, some of the suggested themes:<\/p>\n

* Influences of German-speaking intellectuals on Lovecraft (Freud, Einstein are suggested).<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft’s responses to right-wing radicalism in early Nazi Germany. (“right-wing radicalism” is Google’s translation).<\/p>\n

* Germany’s ideas about Lovecraft and his works.<\/p>\n

* Cosmic horror and contemporary German literature.<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft adaptations in German-language media.<\/p>\n

To which I’d add that there could also be interesting historical survey-essays in the following…<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft’s responses to the First World War and German militarism.<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft’s early responses to Nietzsche, and his later understanding of Oswald Spengler. (Far more important to his intellectual development than Freud or Einstein, and equally important contributors to his cultural pessimism).<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft’s responses to German-led world exploration, archaeology and ethnography.<\/p>\n

* Lovecraft and German science, 1897-1937, perhaps with special focus on the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The May 2021 report of The German Lovecraft Society (DLG) states they have nearly reached 300 paid-up members, and that …<\/p>\n

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