Midnight rambles : H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham / David J. Goodwin.
"By the end of his life and near financial ruin, pulp horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft resigned himself to the likelihood that his writing would be forgotten. Today, Lovecraft stands alongside J. R. R. Tolkien as the most influential genre writer of the twentieth century. His reputation...
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-268) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "By the end of his life and near financial ruin, pulp horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft resigned himself to the likelihood that his writing would be forgotten. Today, Lovecraft stands alongside J. R. R. Tolkien as the most influential genre writer of the twentieth century. His reputation as an unreformed racist and bigot, however, leaves readers to grapple with his legacy. Midnight Rambles explores Lovecraft's time in New York City, a crucial yet often overlooked chapter in his life that shaped his literary career and the inextricable racism in his work. Initially, New York stood as a place of liberation for Lovecraft. During the brief period between 1924 and 1926 when he lived there, Lovecraft joined a creative community and experimented with bohemian living in the publishing and cultural capital of the United States. He also married fellow writer Sonia H. Greene, a Ukrainian-Jewish émigré in the fashion industry. However, cascading personal setbacks and his own professional ineptitude soured him on New York. As Lovecraft became more frustrated, his xenophobia and racism became more pronounced. New York's large immigrant population and minority communities disgusted him, and this mindset soon became evident in his writing. Many of his stories from this era are infused with racial and ethnic stereotypes and nativist themes, most notably his overtly racist short story, 'The Horror at Red Hook', set in Red Hook, Brooklyn. His personal letters reveal an even darker bigotry. Author David J. Goodwin presents a chronological micro-biography of Lovecraft's New York years, emphasizing Lovecraft's exploration of the city environment, the greater metropolitan region, and other locales and how they molded him as a writer and as an individual. Drawing from primary sources (letters, memoirs, and published personal reflections) and secondary sources (biographies and scholarship), Midnight Rambles develops a portrait of a talented and troubled author and offers insights into his unsettling beliefs on race, ethnicity, and immigration."--Publisher's website. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : "Age brings reminiscences" -- "A person of the most admirable qualities" -- "An eastern city of wonder" -- "It is a myth; a dream" -- "Brigham Young annexing his 27th" -- "The somewhat disastrous collapse" -- "A maze of poverty & uncertainty" -- "A pleasing hermitage" -- "Circle of aesthetic dilettante" -- "Long live the state of Rhode-Island" -- Conclusion : "The merest vague dream". | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Lovecraft, H. P. |q (Howard Phillips), |d 1890-1937 |x History and criticism. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authors, American |y 20th century |x Political and social views. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authors, American |y 20th century |x Family relationships. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Racism in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Horror tales |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Récits d'horreur |x Histoire et critique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Écrivains américains |y 20e siècle |x Pensée politique et sociale. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Écrivains américains |y 20e siècle |x Relations familiales. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Racisme dans la littérature. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Informational works. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Documents d'information. |2 rvmgf | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 rvmgf | |
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