The new study
Novità in casa Dagon Press. E’ uscito infatti in questi giorni un numero tutto nuovo di “Studi Lovecraftiani”, il primo magazine italiano di saggistica e critica sul Maestro di Providence, che da questa uscita cambia formato e grafica e si evolve, da fanzine a vera e propria rivista, avvantaggiandosi della trade publications and becoming an elegant little book in paperback, very rich and varied content. More than 100 pages of interesting unpublished essays, articles and reviews about Lovecraft and his work, Lovecraftian news, and much more.
is the index of the contents of No 8:
- TRIP TO SALEM, HP Lovecraft . As part of the correspondence was never published in Italy, this fascinating travelogue of Providence unpublished writer tells of his journeys in 1923 in Salem, the city of Witches (who in his fiction would become the mysterious and terrible Arkham, the imaginary city its haunted New England). Here Lovecraft was able to visit the ghostly mansion linked to cases of witchcraft in 1692 ... and one of them in a meeting "thrilling" unexpected. Here, then, that, filtered through his imagination, this trip is transformed into a kind of fantastically dark story where the protagonist is the same HPL!
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft: The DARK ENLIGHTENMENT BEING, Umberto Sisia . The concept that is highlighted in this long essay, appropriately annotated, is that Lovecraft has taken in his short stories die attitude of the Enlightenment, but reversible, to demonstrate the futility of reason in respect of Chaos of reality. A piece certainly intriguing, and original in terms of criticism about the author.
- THE CORRESPONDENCE Lovecraft / Howard, Rusty Burke . The friendship between Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Texan writer and other extraordinary characters of fantasy literature, was able to develop at a distance, in a fascinating and dense that epistolary correspondence dipanò for over a decade. The American critic Rusty Burke, one of the world's leading experts of the author of Cross Plains, enlightens us on the exchange of correspondence between these two titans of fantasy literature, revealing themes, topics, anecdotes and background of a now legendary collection of letters.
- A FRIEND FOR BARBARO: MEMORIES OF ROBERT E. Howard, HP Lovecraft . Acting as a corollary to the previous part, are translated here for the first time in Italy, a series of letters of HPL in which the writer tells us about the character of Providence Howard from his point of view, describing his life, his personality, as well as his tragic death.
- MONSTERS, ADDRESS AND HISTORY: A READING OF HORROR Narratology DUNWICH, Luca Cesare Foffano . Inspired by the recent publication of the essay on Dunwich published by Dagon our Press, our partner Lucas Foffano, commentator of the scene just as sharp and fantastic Italian publishing, offers a witty review of the book at the same time, it is also a brilliant discussion which adds another critical piece to one of the most famous stories of Lovecraft.
- NEWS Lovecraft, and Andrea di Pietro Guarriello Bonazzi. Twenty pages of reviews, news, commentary, criticism and news from the world of HP Lovecraft. A breath-taking round ranging from books to cartoons, from art to cinema, taking into consideration all the new releases editorials, news, and everything that moves on the Italian and international scene in respect of Lovecraft.
Details Print:
Lovecraftian Studies # 8
Fall 2008
pp. 104 - 10.00 Euro
Printing: 6 "x 9", thermal binding, cream interior paper (60 # weight), ink for the interior B / W, white exterior paper ( 100 # weight), full-color exterior ink.
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