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Supernatural Horror in Literature

H. P. Lovecraft

First published 1927
Type Essay
Series Supernatural Horror in Literature

Synopsis

Critical analysis of field of horror fiction, with reviews of various writers and their works.

Notes

According to {{A|August Derleth}}'s Introduction to the Arkham House editions of Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, the original version of this essay was written in 1926-1927 and first published in The Recluse (1927) by W. Paul Cook. The essay was subsequently "lightly" revised as per Stephen Jones' "Introduction: Supernatural Horror in Literature" in "H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre". It was in the process of being reprinted as a serial in The Fantasy Fan from 1933 through February 1935 when the magazine was discontinued. According to Acknowledgments in "H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre", the revised version was published in "Amateur Correspondent" #1, May-June 1937 and "Supramundane Stories" #2, Spring 1938. The version left unfinished at Lovecraft's death in 1937 was published posthumously in ''The Outsider and Others''.

Publications (47)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1927 Cover The Recluse, 1927 Recluse Press FANZINE 23
1939 Cover The Outsider and Others Arkham House Collection 507
1965 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 347
1967 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Gollancz Collection 347
1969 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 347
1969 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 141
1969 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 141
1971 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 347
1973 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 141
September 1973 Cover Weird Tales, Fall 1973 Weird Tales MAGAZINE 52
November 1975 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 347
1985 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 423
1987 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 365
1987 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 423
January 1987 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 365
1990 The Recluse 1927 Moshassuck Press Anthology 23
1991 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 365
November 1993 Cover H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 1
1994 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 423
April 1994 Cover H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Robinson Anthology 1
1997 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 365
September 2000 Cover The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature Hippocampus Press Nonfiction 21
2001 Cover Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 365
March 2004 Cover The World's Greatest Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 1
June 2005 Cover At the Mountains of Madness Modern Library Novel 103
2008 Cover H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Fall River Press Anthology 1
2008 Cover The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 1041
November 2008 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection 1153
2010 Cover The Fantasy Fan: The Fans' Own Magazine Lance Thingmaker Anthology 1|3001
March 2011 Cover The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 1041
April 2011 Cover Supernatural Horror in Literature & Other Literary Essays Wildside Press Collection 15
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz / Orion Collection
October 2011 Cover Mythos: Myths and Tales of H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard Numen Books Anthology 12
March 2012 Cover The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged Hippocampus Press Nonfiction
July 2013 Cover The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged Hippocampus Press Nonfiction
2014 Cover Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |81
September 2014 Cover The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 443
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: Selected Works, Critical Perspectives and Interviews on His Influence McFarland & Company Collection 171
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 443
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |443
April 2018 Cover Supernatural Horror in Literature The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society Nonfiction
June 2019 Cover The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |443
September 2019 Cover Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories Warbler Classics Anthology 267
March 2020 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection