H.P. Lovecraft, a critical study

Donald R. Burleson

Greenwood Press, 1983 - Literary Criticism - 243 pages

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I recently read the complete works of HP Lovecraft and wanted to delve a little deeper. My local college library had a copy of 'H.P. Lovecraft, a critical study' and it has been a fascinating read.
The author, Burleson, is clearly a huge fan of Lovecraft and in the book details every major story of Lovecraft in huge detail. One favorite passage of mine is the interpretation of the story 'The Outsider' as a Jungian Archetype.
The writing is easy to read, the analysis isn't too dense... but then if you can plow through Lovecraft most things would be an easy read.
I am enjoying this book so much I am thinking about contacting the author to put out an ebook copy. 

Contents

• Howard Phillips Lovecraft: 3
• Emergence of a Dark Talent 19171919: 19
• Beginnings and Foreshadowings 19201923: 39

Bibliographic information

• Title: H.P. Lovecraft, a critical study; Volume 5 of Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy
• Author: Donald R. Burleson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1983
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Mar 10, 2008
• ISBN: 0313232555, 9780313232558
• Length: 243 pages
• Subjects: Fantastic fiction, American; Fantasy fiction, American; Fantasy fiction, American/ History and criticism; Horror tales, American; Horror tales, American/ History and criticism; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy