Supernatural Horror in Literature

by H. P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft's fascinating history of the rise of the horror tale, chapters dedicated to gothic romance, Edgar Allan Poe, weird traditions from America and the British Isles. His novel is featured in our Gothic Literature Study Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Dawn of the Horror-Tale

The Early Gothic Novel

The Apex of Gothic Romance

The Aftermath of Gothic Fiction

Spectral Literature on the Continent

Edgar Allan Poe

The Weird Tradition in America

The Weird Tradition in the British Isles

The Modern Masters

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