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H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
Biography of H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi
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H. P. Lovecraft: A Life is a biography of American writer H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi, first published by Necronomicon Press in 1996. The original one-volume edition was reissued in 2004, with a new afterword by Joshi.
A new revised/uncut edition (as I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft) (2 vols) was issued in 2010 (Hippocampus Press); this restores 150,000 words cut for space reasons from the original edition, and is also thoroughly revised and updated in regard to new information on Lovecraft that has come to light since 1996.
The book largely supplants earlier efforts such as L. Sprague de Camp's Lovecraft: A Biography (1975). According to his website, Joshi regards this book his most notable achievement to date, followed by his The Weird Tale.[1]
Reception
[edit]When first published in 1996, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life was regarded as a "meticulously researched"[2] biography of Lovecraft, taking account of all currently known facts about Lovecraft's life and work. It was met with critical praise; it elicited favorable comments from the horror a
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H. P. Lovecraft
American author (1890–1937)
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| Born | Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-08-20)August 20, 1890 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 1937(1937-03-15) (aged 46) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Resting place | Swan Point Cemetery, Providence 41°51′14″N71°22′52″W / 41.854021°N 71.381068°W / 41.854021; -71.381068 |
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| Genre | Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy, weird fiction, horror fiction, mythopoeia, science fiction, gothic fiction, fantasy |
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| Years active | 1917–1937 |
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (, ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.[a]
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. After his father's institutionalization in 1893, he lived affluently until his family's wealth di
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