A Chapter Guide About The King In Yellow

[Not published yet. Coming soon.]

From the back cover: "A chapter guide about the bewitching, bewildering book by Robert W. Chambers. The King in Yellow (1895) inspired H.P. Lovecraft, but this guide is not about Lovecraft, it is concerned with The King in Yellow on its own terms. This means a close reading on each chapter. This means tracing the influences on Chambers in crafting this particular work: a little bit of Edgar Allan Poe; a triple shot of Ambrose Bierce; a smattering of Omar Khayyam; surprise visits by Browning, Chaucer, and a medieval forgery; a cameo or three by Ovid.

In addition to the Chapter Guide section, there is a set of Timelines, a list of Characters, a Trope List, a section on Bierce Stories, a section on a Poe Story, a quick guide to Chambers's 1894 novel In the Quarter, notes on the Further Adventures of Clifford and Elliott, reprints of two earlier articles (with updates), and a section on Theory, to say nothing of the enigmatic Mathoms."