Name: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (in English)
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Author: Lovecraft, H. P. ; Joshi, S. T.
ISBN: 9780141182346

portada The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

H. P. Lovecraft

Introduction by

S. T. Joshi

Publisher

Penguin Group

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 13.0 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN

0141182342

ISBN13

9780141182346

Synopsis "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (in English)"

A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale. -Stephen King Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as The Outsider to the overpowering cosmic terror of The Call of Cthulhu. More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

H. P. Lovecraft

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Providence, 20 de agosto de 1890-Providence, 15 de marzo de 1937) más conocido como H. P. Lovecraft, fue un escritor estadounidense, autor de relatos y novelas de terror y ciencia ficción.

Se le considera un gran innovador del cuento de terror, al que aportó una mitología propia —los Mitos de Cthulhu—, desarrollada en colaboración con otros autores, actualmente en vigencia.

Su obra constituye un clásico del horror cósmico, una línea narrativa que se aparta de las tradicionales historias de terror sobrenatural —satanismo, fantasmas—, incluyendo elementos de ciencia ficción como, por ejemplo, razas alienígenas, viajes en el tiempo o existencia de otras dimensiones.

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