{"id":49102,"date":"2021-08-19T05:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=49102"},"modified":"2022-04-24T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T18:17:55","slug":"lovecraft-for-beginners-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/lovecraft-for-beginners-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovecraft for beginners, updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve updated my “Lovecraft for beginners”<\/a> guide\/FAQ page, ready for Lovecraft’s birthday tomorrow. Newly added, among others…<\/p>\n

i. “On the searchability\/indexing of the letters) “A unified index to the collected volumes of Letters<\/em> is underway, but may not appear for a while yet.”<\/p>\n

ii. (on finding a poetry index). “a full index to the second edition of The Ancient Track<\/em> is forthcoming and is set to be released for Lovecraft’s Birthday on 20th August 2021.”<\/p>\n

iii. (New section for ‘Philosophy’ added). “Introductory studies of Lovecraft’s philosophy and thought, which is considerable, can be found in the books H.P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West<\/em>; The Philosophy of H.P. Lovecraft<\/em> (New Studies in Aesthetics series); and Ideology and Scientific Thought in H.P. Lovecraft<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

iv. (Commenting on the nature of the encyclopedias available). “Note that these encyclopaedias do not cover Lovecraft’s intellectual ideas and his engagement with the ideas\/science of his time, and a hypothetical title such as An Intellectual Encyclopaedia for H.P. Lovecraft<\/em> is a book that remains to be written.”<\/p>\n

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I see that Bobby Derie also has what appears to be a new-this-week FAQ<\/a> page answering common questions posed about Lovecraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve updated my “Lovecraft for beginners” guide\/FAQ page, ready for Lovecraft’s birthday tomorrow. Newly added, among others… i. “On the …<\/p>\n

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