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Lovecraft, H. (Howard) P. (Phillips)

  1. Adams, Phoebe. "Lovecraft At Last" (review). In Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 236, No. 1, July 1975, pg 83.
    Criticism -- Lovecraft At Last

  2. In Aldiss, Brian. Trillion Year Spree. New York : Atheneum, 1986. pp. 171-172.
    Criticism -- Works

  3. Allen, Lanny van. "Recommended: H. P. Lovecraft." In English Journal, Vol. 75, No. 4, April 1986, pp. 73-74.
    Criticism -- Works

  4. "At the Mountains of Madness." (review). In Library Journal, Vol. 89, No. 19, November 1, 1964, pg. 4930.
    Criticism -- At the Mountains of Madness

  5. In Attebery, Brian. The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1980. pp. 128-133, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath

  6. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Horror Writers. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1995. pp. 138-154.
    Criticism -- Works -- Short Stories -- At the Mountains of Madness

  7. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Classic Science Fiction Writers. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1995. pp. 91-105.
    Criticism -- Works -- At the Mountains of Madness -- "The Mound"

  8. Boucher, Anthony. "Criminals at Large." In New York Times Book Review, Vol. 59, No. 36, September 6, 1964, pg. 16.
    Criticism -- Works -- At the Mountains of Madness -- Collected Poems -- The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces

  9. Boucher, Anthony. "Report on Criminals at Large." In New York Times Book Review, Vol. 68, No. 17, July 28, 1963, pg. 23.
    Criticism -- The Dunwich Horror and Others

  10. Breen, Jon L. "The World of Mysteries - Plus." In Wilson Library Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 4, December 1973, pg. 304.
    Criticism -- Literary Criticism -- Supernatural Horror In Literature

  11. Burleson, Donald. "Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space." In Explicator , Vol. 52, No. 1, Fall 1993, pp. 48-50.
    Criticism -- "The Colour Out of Space"

  12. In Carter, Paul. Creation of Tomorrow. New York : Columbia University Press, 1977. pp. 7-8, 93-95, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Shadow Out of Time"

  13. Cevasco, George. "The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces" (review). In Library Journal, Vol. 91, No. 9, May 1, 1966, pg. 2340.
    Criticism -- The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces

  14. "The Colour Out of Space" (review). In Library Journal, Vol. 95, No. 6, pg. 76.
    Criticism -- "The Colour Out of Space"

  15. Clements, Nicholaus. "Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark." In Explicator , Vol. 57, No. 2, Winter 1999, pp. 98-100.
    Criticism -- "The Haunter of the Dark"

  16. Colavita, Jason. "Charioteer of the Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and the Invention of Ancient Astronauts." In The Skeptic, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 36-39. For an online version of this article, click here
    Criticism -- Works -- Daniken, Erich von -- At the Mountains of Madness -- "The Call of Cthulhu" -- Cthulhu Mythos

  17. Connors, Scott. "Lovecraft's The Picture in the House ." In Explicator , Vol. 59, No. 3, Spring 2001, pg. 140.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Picture in the House"

  18. In De Camp, L. Sprague. Science Fiction Handbook. Philadelphia : Owlswick Press, 1975. pp. 29-32, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works

  19. De Camp, L. Sprague. "The Unwritten Classics. In Saturday Review of Literature. Vol. 30, No. 13, March 29, 1947, pp. 7-8, 25-26.
    Criticism -- The Necronomicon

  20. Dirda, Michael. "The Horror, the Horror!" (review)In The Weekly Standard, Vol. 10, No. 23, March 7, 2005, pp. 35-38.
    Criticism -- The Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

  21. "The Dunwich Horror and Others" (review). In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 195, February 10, 1969, pg. 76.
    Criticism -- The Dunwich Horror and Others

  22. Farber, Marjorie. "Poesque Doodles." In New York Times Book Review, February 25, 1945, p. 16.
    Criticism -- Marginalia

  23. Farber, Marjorie. "Subjectivity in Modern Fiction." In Kenyon Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, Autumn 1945, pp. 645-652. (For access, see Librarian in Reference Services Department).
    Criticism -- Works

  24. Grant, Mary Kent. "Dagon and Other Macabre Tales" (review). In Library Journal, Vol. 90, No. 18, October 15, 1965, pg. 4362.
    Criticism -- Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

  25. Handler, Daniel. "H. P. Lovecraft: Unnatural Selection." (review)In New York Times Book Review, Vol. 154, No. 53187, April 17, 2005, pp. 7-8.
    Criticism -- The Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

  26. Harris, Leo. "Unlawful Assembly." In Punch, Vol. 253, July 12, 1967, pg. 73
    Criticism -- Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

  27. Hartman, Matthew. "Lovecraft At Last" (review). In Library Journal, Vol. 100, No. 10, May 15, 1975, pg. 976.
    Criticism -- Lovecraft At Last

  28. Herrera, Philip. "The Dream Lurker." In Time, Vol. 101, No. 24, June 11, 1973, pp. 99-100. For an online web link, click here.
    Criticism -- Works

  29. Hetzel, Frederick. "The Squamous Factor." In Pittsburgh, Vol. 7, No. 12, December 1976, pp. 8-9.
    Criticism -- Works

  30. "Horror Story Writer Published by Fellow Writers: Arkham House Presents The Outsider and Others by H. P. Lovecraft." In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 137, No. 8, February 24, 1940, pg. 889-890.
    Criticism - The Outsider and Others

  31. In Ingebretsen, Edward J. Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1996. pp. 130-148, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- At the Mountains of Madness -- Supernatural Horror in Literature

  32. In Jones, Stephen, ed. Horror: Another 100 Best. New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005. pp. 55-59.
    Criticism -- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

  33. In Jones, Stephen, ed. Horror: 100 Best Books. New York : Carroll & Graf, 1998. pp. 132-135.
    Criticism -- Derleth, August -- Cry Horror! (The Lurking Fear) -- The Lurker on the Threshold -- The Outsider and Others

  34. In Ketterer, David. New Worlds for Old. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1974. pp.261-263.
    Criticism -- Works

  35. In Knight, Damon. In Search of Wonder. Chicago, Advent Publishers, 1967. pp. 223-224, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works

  36. LeGuin, Ursula. "New England Gothic." In Times Literary Supplement, No. 3863, March 26, 1976, pg. 335.
    Criticism -- Works

  37. "Lovecraft At Last" (review). In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 207, no. 15, April 14, 1975, pg. 50.
    Criticism - Lovecraft At Last

  38. In Lovecraft, H. P. At the Mountains of Madness. Introduction by China Mieville. New York : Modern Library, 2005. pp. xi-xxv.
    Criticism -- At the Mountains of Madness

  39. In Lovecraft, H. P. Best of H. P. Lovecraft. Introduction by Robert Bloch. New York : Ballantine Books, 1982, c1963. pp. vii-xxii.
    Criticism -- Works

  40. In Lovecraft, H. P. Dagon and Other Macabre Tales. Introduction by T. E. D. Klein. Sauk City, Wis. : Arkham House Publishers, 1987, c1965. pp. xiii-liii.
    Criticism -- Works --

  41. Lowell, Mark. "Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos." In Explicator , Vol. 63, No. 1, Fall 2004, pp. 47-50.
    Criticism -- Works -- Cthulhu Mythos -- "The Music of Erich Zann"

  42. Mabbott, T. O. "The Outsider and Others" (review). In American Literature, Vol. 12, No. 1, May 1940, pg. 4.
    Criticism - "The Outsider and Others"

  43. MacNamara, Desmond. "Mystery Man." In New Statesman, Vol. 73, June 23, 1967, pg. 880.
    Criticism -- Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

  44. In Magill, Frank. Science Fiction, Alien Encounter. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1981. pp. 9-13.
    Criticism -- At the Mountains of Madness

  45. In Messent, Peter B., ed. Literature of the Occult. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1981. pp. 156-170.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works -- Short Stories -- Supernatural Horror in Literature

  46. In Moskowitz, Sam. Explorers of the Infinite. Cleveland, World Pub. Co., 1963. pp. 243-260.
    Criticism -- Works

  47. In Moskowitz, Sam. Under the Moons of Mars. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. pp. 373-379.
    Biography -- Pulp Literature

  48. In Mulvey-Roberts, Marie, ed. Handbook to Gothic Literature. New York : New York University Press, 1998. pp. 149-151.
    Criticism -- Works

  49. In Nelson, Victoria. The Secret Life of Puppets. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001. pp. 100-137, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works

  50. Oates, Joyce Carol. "The King of Weird." (review) In New York Review of Books, Vol. 43, No. 17, October 31, 1996, pp. 46-52.
    Criticism -- Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

  51. In Panshin, Alexei. World Beyond the Hill. Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher, c1989. pp. 164-167, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works

  52. Pattee, Fred Lewis. "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (review). In American Literature, Vol. 18, No. 2, May 1946, pp. 175-177.
    Criticism - Literary Criticism - Supernatural Horror In Literature

  53. In Penzoldt, Peter. Supernatural in Fiction. New York, Humanities Press, 1965, c1952. pp. 146-149, 164-172, 180-186.
    Criticism -- Works -- "Pickman's Model" -- Shadow Out of Time -- "The Rats in the Walls" -- "The Thing on the Doorstep"

  54. Poster, Walter. "Nightmare in Cthulu (sic)." In New York Times Book Review, January 16, 1944, pg. 19
    Criticism - "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"

  55. Prawer, S. S. "Allurements of the Abyss." In Times Literary Supplement, No. 4081, June 19, 1981.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

  56. Price, Robert M. "H. P. Lovecraft: Prophet of Humanism." In The Humanist, Vol. 61, No. 4, July 2001, pg. 26-29.
    Criticism -- Works

  57. In Rottensteiner, Frank. The Fantasy Book. New York : Collier Books, 1978. pp. 74-77, 80-81, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Cthulhu Mythos

  58. In Scott, Winfield Townley. Exiles and Fabrications. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, 1961. pp. 50-78.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Poetry

  59. In Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. New York : Checkmark Books, c2002. pp. 178-181.
    Biography -- Criticism --

  60. In Starrett, Vincent. Books and Bipeds. New York, Argus Books, 1947. pp. 203-204.
    Criticism -- Works -- Marginalia

  61. "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (review). In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 204, no. 1, July 2, 1973, pg. 81.
    Criticism -- Literary Criticism -- Supernatural Horror In Literature

  62. In Wilson, Colin. Strength to Dream. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1962. pp. 1-10.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Call of Cthulhu" -- "The Dunwich Horror" -- "The Lurking Fear" -- "The Picture in the House" -- "The Rats in the Walls"

  63. In Wilson, Edmund. Classics and Commercials. New York, Farrar, Straus, 1950. pp. 286-290.
    Criticism -- Works

  64. In Wilson, Gahan, ed. First World Fantasy Awards. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1977. pp. 290-301.
    Criticism -- Works -- "The Colour Out of Space" -- "The Haunter of the Dark" -- "The Outsider" -- "Pickman's Model" -- "The Rats in the Walls"

  65. Wohleber, Curt. "The Man Who Can Scare Stephen King." In American Heritage, Vol. 46, No. 8, December 1995, pp. 82-89. For an online version of this article, click here
    Criticism -- Works

  66. Young, B. A. "Space Time." In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 254, June 12, 1968, pg. 865.
    Criticism -- "The Shadow Out of Time

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