Cosmicism in H.P. Lovecraft Cosmicism is a literary and philosophical term that was created and used by author‚ H.P. Lovecraft in many of his weird and odd fiction novels. The philosophy of cosmicism defines that there is no recognizable presence in our world‚ such as a God or other spirit leaders‚ and humans are completely insignificant in the larger scheme of life. Lovecraft as a writer‚ focused of philosophically intense horror and gothic tales that continue to involve strange phenomena‚ such
Premium Universe
The Life and Works of H.P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born at 9 am on August 20‚ 1890. He and his family were from Providence‚ Rhode Island. By the time that he was three‚ Lovecraft’s father‚ Winfield Scott Lovecraft‚ suffered a nervous breakdown. His father was paralyzed and was said to be in a state of a coma. Although‚ it was said that his father died of paresis. Lovecraft was able to recite poetry at age two‚ reading at age three‚ and writing at age six or seven. His interest in
Premium Wright brothers Stephen King 20th century
H.P. Lovecraft Gothic fiction has never been lacking in prolificacy. From Edgar Allen Poe to Stephen King‚ this haunting literary class has yielded innumerable works of timeless creativity and imagination. Just as works from all genres exploit some emotion of the reader‚ Gothic fiction utilizes horror and shock. Many writings of the genre play on substantial‚ concrete fears‚ like murder; however‚ the works of one agent of this dark literary philosophy go beyond specific‚ rationalizable phobias.
Premium Stephen King Gothic fiction Edgar Allan Poe
Not only was the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft uniformly bleak‚ but what he did write was sometimes execrable. Take this random passage from a 1985 HP Lovecraft omnibus: "But oddly enough‚ the worthy gentleman owned himself most impalpably disquieted by a mere minor detail. On the huge mahogany table there lay face downward a badly worn copy of Borellus‚ bearing many cryptical marginalia and interlineations in Curwen’s hand." The American writer‚ who died in 1937‚ is also widely considered
Premium
Buena VistA university | A Theoretical Analysis of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Beast in the Cave” | Senior Seminar | | Cory J. Dahlstrom | 7/28/2012 | H.P. Lovecraft has been called “one of the best‚ worst authors of our century.” In the following paper‚ I will explore his earliest work‚ “The Beast in the Cave‚” a story written when he was around fifteen years old. I will explore its meanings and context through the lenses of reader response‚ deconstructionism‚ new
Premium Literary criticism Literary theory
Whisperer in Darkness Lovecraft‚ Howard Phillips Published: 1930 Categorie(s): Fiction‚ Horror Source: Wikisource 1 About Lovecraft: Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author of fantasy‚ horror and science fiction. He is notable for blending elements of science fiction and horror; and for popularizing "cosmic horror": the notion that some concepts‚ entities or experiences are barely comprehensible to human minds‚ and those who delve into such risk their sanity. Lovecraft has become a cult
Premium Fiction Short story Edgar Allan Poe
H.P Lovecraft is a well-known American writer that created the very genre that intrigues the human sub-concussion for a chilling thrill of suspense in cosmic horror‚ that’s intertwine within his two short stories‚ Dagon‚ and The Thing on the Doorstep‚ and his popular novella‚ The Call of Cthulhu. In these works‚ Lovecraft demonstrates dreadful foreshadowing‚ picturesque flashbacks‚ and the unnerving supernatural element. First a little background on the author; H.P. Lovecraft was born as Howard
Premium
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of horror fiction; born in Providence‚ Rhode Island‚ the 20th of November of 1890; same city where he eventually died. Was the only child of a merchant‚ Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah Susan Phillips. His father died on 1895‚ causing that he and his mother moved with his grandfather. Of his childhood is known that he was constantly sick and had frequently terrible nightmares‚ maybe one of the first sources of inspiration for his histories‚ also
Premium Edgar Allan Poe Short story Gothic fiction
“HP Lovecraft”‚ famed for his pioneering work in the genre of horror literature‚ was also a poet in addition to being a storyteller. Among all of his poetry‚ the one poem I find the most potent is Nemesis. This poem‚ it tells a harrowing tale of the titular nemesis. However‚ it is certainly not what most would first assume it to be. The nemesis is not a person‚ group‚ or thing‚ but rather the storyteller himself and his perspective on past experiences. The poem is a tale of how one man’s envy turns
Premium Rhyme Poetry Rhyme scheme
stories‚ Lovecraft uses supernatural figures‚ monsters‚ in order to express his own anxiety and fear. In “The Call of Cthulhu” and “The Shadow over Innsmouth‚” Lovecraft created nameless narrators who were filled with their own fear and anxiety. Furthermore‚ at the end of their stories‚ they can’t escape what they fear. Trying to escape what they fear‚ the nameless narrator’s discover at the end of the stories that they turn into what they fear and accept their fate. Finally‚ Lovecraft expresses
Premium Fear