An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia

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During the past three decades, scholarly work on H.P.Lovecraft (1890–1937) has expanded exponentially in every phase of research. Building upon the early efforts of George T.Wetzel, Matthew H.Onderdonk, and Fritz Leiber, such scholars as Kenneth W.Faig, Jr., and R.Alain Everts revolutionized the understanding of Lovecraft’s life, while Dirk W.Mosig, Donald R.Burleson, and many others examined his tales, poems, essays, and letters with perspicuity and precision. It was inevitable that these endeavors—resulting in numerous capable general studies of Lovecraft,1 the first comprehensive Lovecraft bibliography,2 the foundation of the journal Lovecraft Studiesas a forum for scholarly research, the preparation of textually accurate editions of Lovecraft’s stories, and, as a culmination, the publication of an exhaustive biography and an equally exhaustive collection of memoirs of Lovecraft3—would result in a marked rise in Lovecraft’s literary recognition as a writer, thinker, and man of letters.

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