Document Type

Book Chapter

Original Publication Date

2018

Journal/Book/Conference Title

New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature: The Critical Influence of H. P. Lovecraft

First Page

171

Last Page

187

Comments

John Glover, “Reception Claims in Supernatural Horror in Literature and the Course of Weird Fiction” published in New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature: The Critical Influence of H. P. Lovecraft, edited by Sean Moreland, 2018, Palgrave Macmillan reproduced with permission of Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

This is the pre-copyediting version of the chapter submitted to the publisher.

Date of Submission

February 2023

Abstract

This chapter explores H. P. Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature," considering the ways in which Lovecraft attempted to construct favorable conditions for the reception of his own work. The writing of the essay was a pivotal moment in Lovecraft's career and authorial self-fashioning. Both it and he went on to influence the development of weird fiction in Lovecraft's lifetime and subsequently, lasting well into the current period of reevaluation of the author's legacy and person.

Recommended Citation

Glover, John. “Reception Claims in Supernatural Horror in Literature and the Course of Weird Fiction.” New Directions in Supernatural Horror Literature: The Critical Influence of H. P. Lovecraft, edited by Sean Moreland, Palgrave Macmillan (London), 2018, pp. 171–87.

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