H. P. Lovecraft: Midnight Studies

Cover
HalfTitle
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
S. T. Joshi
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1
On Lovecraft’s Lifelong Relationship with Wonder
	What Is Wonder?
	Early Exposure to Wonder
	Lifelong Wonder
	Wonder-Loving Grandmothers and Lovecraft
	Summary: The Unsung Worshipper of Iris
Chapter 2
Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Romantic on the Nightside
	What Is Romanticism?
	Romanticism in Lovecraft’s ‘Fact and Fancy’
	Summary: Thus Spoke Lovecraft the ‘Poe’-et
Chapter 3
‘Now Will You Be Good?’: Lovecraft, Teetotalism and Philosophy
	Against a Drunken Background: England
	Bacchus in America
		In Vino Veritas: The Early Lovecraft (1890–1925)
	In Aqua Sanitas: The Later Lovecraft (1925–1937)
	Summary and Possibility: A Dry Philosopher in a New Light
Chapter 4
Lovecraft’s Garden: Heart’s Blood at the Root
	Romantic Gardens and Their Themes: A Primer
	Lovecraft’s Romantic Bent: An Advance
	Romantic Qualities in Lovecraft’s Short Stories and Poetry: A Precis
	Summary: A Closure
Chapter 5
Weird Fiction: A Catalyst for Wonder
	Lovecraft and Weird Fiction
	Lovecraft: A Romantically Inclined Wonder-Monger
		Trope 1: Deliberately Vague and Suggestive Writing
		Trope 2: Between Worlds
		Trope 3: The Lonely Protagonist
		Trope 4: Mixing Reality and Fiction
	Dark Wonder and Dark Romanticism
Chapter 6
H. P. Lovecraft and the Dunsanian Conjuration
	The Dunsanian Influence
	The Dunsanian Conjuration: An Exposition
	The Dunsanian Conjuration: An Apology
		The Reality Argument Contra The Dunsanian Conjuration
		The Escapism Argument Contra The Dunsanien Conjuration
		The Dead-Man-Working Argument Pro the Dunsanian Conjuration
		The Inspiration Argument Pro the Dunsanian Conjuration
	Summary: A Useful Tool
Afterword
Bibliography