The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft [Hardcover]

With an increasing distance from the twentieth century&the New England poet, author, essayist, and stunningly profuse epistolary Howard Phillips Lovecraft is beginning to emerge as one of that tumultuous periods most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures, writes Alan Moore in his introduction toAnnotator Les Klinger is the man you want to have by your side, as you explore the Lovecraftian Darkness.I am utterly gobsmacked.A book I have profoundly hoped to see for ages, which gave me many very happy hoursthank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Klinger and Liveright!Lovecraft is intriguing for not only the rich substrate of astonishing and sometimes prescient ideas that is the bedrock of his work, but for the sheer unlikelihood of his ascent into the ranks of the respected U.S. literary canon&He is today revered to a degree comparable with that of his formative idol Edgar Allan Poe, a posthumous trajectory from pulp to academia that is perhaps unique in modern letters.[W]here does a reader longing to know more about Lovecrafts fiction and philosophy begin when faced with the dozens of critical and interpretative studies and biographies? Thanks to the devoted work of Leslie S. Klinger, an excellent starting point is hisFinalist for the HWAs Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology