The Developing Storyworld of H. P. Lovecraft

2017/09/07 by VAN LEAVENWORTH · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Gothic Literature and Media Analysis #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Modern American Literature Studies

paper · doi:10.2307/j.ctt1d9nkdg.20

openalex publication_date 2017/09/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

This essay investigates the storyworld that has developed out of terror tropes presented the fiction of American Gothic writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). The 21st century Lovecraft storyworld is ...

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• H. P. Lovecraft [wikipedia]

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