The King in Yellow is a collection of ten short stories, four them tales of supernatural horror that are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title. The play within the stories drives those who read it to illness and possible insanity and leaves them in a dazed state, speaking about unexplained mythological terms. The first season of True Detective frequently alluded to The King in Yellow, spurring renewed interest in this touchstone paragon of the genre.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an excerpt from H. P. Lovecraft’s critical study Supernatural Horror in Literature in which he comments on this enduring work of imagination, as well as a detailed biographical note.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
The Repairer of Reputations1
The Mask30
In the Court of the Dragon45
The Yellow Sign53
The Demoiselle d’Ys70
The Prophets’ Paradise84
The Street of the Four Winds88
The Street of the First Shell94
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields125
Rue Barrée159
Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft179
About the Author184
Circa l’autore
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-century writers of weird and horror fiction. He has had a primarily influence on such modern writers in the genre as Alan Moore, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Neil Gaiman.
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