The thing on the doorstep and other weird stories

Author(s)

• Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
• Joshi, S. T.

Bibliographic Information

The thing on the doorstep and other weird stories

H.P. Lovecraft ; edited with an introduction and notes by S. T. Joshi

（Penguin twentieth-century classics）

Penguin Books, c2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii-xx)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story. 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.

Table of Contents

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird StoriesIntroduction by S. T. Joshi Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text The Tomb Beyond the Wall of Sleep The White Ship The Temple The Quest of Iranon The Music of Erich Zann Under the Pyramids Pickman's Model The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Dunwich Horror At the Mountains of Madness The Thing on the Doorstep Explanatory Notes

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA71954605
• ISBN:
  • 0142180033
• LCCN: 2001045158
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 443 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3523.O833
  • DC21 : 813/.52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Horror tales, American
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07487461