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Intégrale Mnémos #3
L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
Charles Ward est un jeune étudiant passionné d’histoire et de généalogie. Au fil de ses recherches, il découvre qu’il est le descendant du sorcier Joseph Curwen, disparu depuis cent cinquante ans. Pour Charles et ses proches, cette découverte marque le début du chemin vers les affres de la folie, quand sorcellerie, vampirisme et torture émergent des vieilles correspondances retrouvées.
Mais le passé est-il vraiment révolu et les morts trépassés ?
Œuvre phare de Lovecraft, L’Affaire Charles Dexter Ward est son unique roman. Ce texte intrigant, effrayant, étouffant, nous conte la folie d’un homme qui perd peu à peu pied face aux révélations troublantes concernant son ancêtre.
Contient : Préface, par David Camus • L’Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
Mais le passé est-il vraiment révolu et les morts trépassés ?
Œuvre phare de Lovecraft, L’Affaire Charles Dexter Ward est son unique roman. Ce texte intrigant, effrayant, étouffant, nous conte la folie d’un homme qui perd peu à peu pied face aux révélations troublantes concernant son ancêtre.
Contient : Préface, par David Camus • L’Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
- GenresLovecraftian
168 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1941
About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
7,048 books19.9k 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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August 7, 2023
Le tome 3 de l'intégrale Lovecraft rééditée par les éditions Mnemos comporte une des nouvelles les plus longues de l'auteur. 160 pages qui ressemble à un témoignage ou un conte macabre emprunt de mystère, de légendes, de sorcellerie, de magie, de savoirs paiens, de nécromancie. Impossible de lâcher la lecture.
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