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Fungi de Yuggoth: et autres poèmes
192 pages
Published March 1, 2024
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H.P. Lovecraft
6,111 books19.3k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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March 28, 2024
Différents poemes du grand Lovecraft. La premiere partie nous présente le seul recueil de poèmes qu’il a écrit mais seulement rassembler à sa mort. On plonge directement dans son univers et on voit l’évolution de son monde à travers ses poèmes, mettant en place déjà tout l’univers Lovecraftien.
La deuxième partie est un assemblage de différents poème qu’il a ou écrire durant son existence, pour des magasines, des amis, d’autres écrivants, nous montrant différentes facette de ses écrits et nous permettant de voir à quel point il était aussi bon poète qu’écrivain.
Une lecture très agréable qui nous permet de découvrir une autre facette de Lovecraft
La deuxième partie est un assemblage de différents poème qu’il a ou écrire durant son existence, pour des magasines, des amis, d’autres écrivants, nous montrant différentes facette de ses écrits et nous permettant de voir à quel point il était aussi bon poète qu’écrivain.
Une lecture très agréable qui nous permet de découvrir une autre facette de Lovecraft
Displaying 1 of 1 review