From the Master of Cosmic Horror …
Supernatural Horror in Literature, H.P. Lovecraft’s “master’s thesis, ” is a tour de force of literary analysis, tracing the origins of the horror genre back to its inception and beyond. In it, Lovecraft follows the development of horror-lit down through the centuries—from Horace Walpole, through Mary Wollstonecraft and Bram Stoker, to Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, and on into his own time.
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Foreword 3
Supernatural Horror in Literature:
I. Introduction 1
II. The Dawn of the Horror-Tale 7
III. The Gothic Novel 13
IV. The Apex of Gothic Romance 21
V. The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction 29
VI. Spectral literature on the Continent 39
VII. Edgar Allan Poe 47
VIII. The Weird Tradition in America 57
IX. The Weird Tradition in the British Isles 75
X. Modern Masters 87