{"id":7922,"date":"2013-07-01T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=7922"},"modified":"2022-04-25T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T01:25:51","slug":"new-book-lovecraft-in-historical-context-fourth-collection-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2013\/07\/01\/new-book-lovecraft-in-historical-context-fourth-collection-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"New book, Lovecraft in Historical Context: fourth collection – available now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Available now in paperback… my latest book collection of essays:
Lovecraft in Historical Context: fourth collection<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

A book of essays is now an annual tradition with me, and this year’s volume weighs in at 304 pages, 76,000 words. Contains many expanded and footnoted versions of blog posts which first appeared here — for instance the essay “The terribly nice old ladies” zooms up to 12,000 words as I delve into the source landscape of “The Dunwich Horror”. Long-time Lovecraft researchers may be especially interested in 4,000 words of highly detailed scholarship which lays out the complete circus\/theatrical and movie executive career of Arthur Leeds prior to the Kalem Club, accompanied by the first known photograph of him and<\/em> a newly discovered Leeds short story that is an obvious inspiration for “Cool Air”.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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PART ONE: General essays<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Typhon as a source for Cthulhu.
\n2. Arthur Leeds : the early biography, photographic portraits, and a story.
\n3. The terribly nice old ladies : Miniter and Beebe at Wilbraham.
\n4. A source for Rev. Abijah Hoadley in \u201cThe Dunwich Horror\u201d.
\n5. An unknown H.P. Lovecraft correspondent?
\n6. Shards from H.P. Lovecraft\u2019s quarry.
\n7. Of Rats and Legions : H.P. Lovecraft in Northumbria.
\n8. Looking into the Shining Trapezohedron.
\n9. Notes made after reading R.E. Howard\u2019s key \u2018Lovecraftian\u2019 stories.
\n10. H.P. Lovecraft\u2019s cinema ticket booth job, circa 1930.
\n11. Garrett P. Serviss (1851\u20141929) : a major influence on H.P. Lovecraft.
\n12. John Howard Appleton (1844\u20141930).
\n13. Tsan-Chan in Tibet : Tibetan Bon devils and Lovecraft\u2019s future empire.
\n14. The locations of Sonia\u2019s two hat shops.
\n15. In the hollows of memory : H.P. Lovecraft\u2019s Seekonk and Cat Swamp.
\n16. A note on \u201cThe Paxton\u201d.
\n17. Rabid! A note on H.P. Lovecraft and the disease rabies.
\n18. Pictures of some members of the Providence Amateur Press Club.
\n19. H.P. Lovecraft and his Young Men\u2019s Club.
\n20. A few additions for Anna Helen Crofts (1889-1975).
\n21. An annotated \u201cThe History of the Necronomicon\u201d<\/a>. — sample<\/em><\/p>\n

PART TWO: Finding Lovecraft\u2019s most elusive correspondents<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Wesley and Stetson : Providence models for Wilcox in \u201cCthulhu\u201d?
\n2. Geo. FitzPatrick of Sydney : the Australian correspondent.
\n3. A likely candidate for the H.P. Lovecraft correspondent C.L. Stuart.
\n4. Curtis F. Myers (1897-?)
\n5. Sounding the Bell : finding a long \u2018lost\u2019 Lovecraft correspondent.
\n6. The fannish activity of Louis C. Smith.
\n7. Fred Anger after H.P. Lovecraft.
\n8. Reds and pinks : the politics of Woodburn Prescott Harris.
\n9. A note on H.P. Lovecraft\u2019s British correspondent, Arthur Harris.
\n10. On Poe : Horatio Elwin Smith (1886-1946).
\n11. Gardens of delight? Thomas Stuart Evans (1885-1940).
\n12. The Hatter : Dudley Charles Newton (1864-1954).<\/p>\n

Thanks for the cover art to Cotton Valent and Apolonis Aphrodisia.<\/p>\n

Buy the book in paperback<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Available now in paperback… my latest book collection of essays: Lovecraft in Historical Context: fourth collection. A book of essays …<\/p>\n

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