Happy birthday, H.P. Lovecraft!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to H.P. Lovecraft (20 August, 1890 – 15 March, 1937)!



Take my virtual walking tour of Lovecraft's Providence.

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
- H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (19

Comments

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

That's a great essay--Dover published an edition.

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I remember when, if you liked horror, you basically had him and Poe. I devoured both (in a good way, of course. *g*)