Collected Essays, Volume 2: Literary Criticism

Collected Essays, Volume 2: Literary CriticismLovecraft's writings in the realm of literary criticism are unfailingly acute and cover a surprisingly wide range. Besides his authoritative early essay on "The Literature of Rome" (1918), other works condemn free verse and simple spelling, and devote attention to neglected poets. Discovering weird fiction as his chosen field, he produced such scintillating essays as "Lord Dunsany and His Work" (1922) and "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927),

and imaginative yarns found their way into Gateways to Abomination

the more I dread death

Dark Carnivals lays bare how the genre shaped us

the range of people inspired by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations continues to grow

for the first time

near-future noir to pulse-pounding action

and Bone Light by Holly Lyn Walrath

But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures

including his best-known tale of a man who wakes up transformed into an insect

also published by Chaosium

As funny and poignant as its predecessor

Watson to the great detective