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02037aam a2200313Ia 4500 001 707F704449F911E48ACD98BDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141002010023 008 090202s2008 xxua 000 0 eng 020 $a 0978991184 020 $a 9780978991180 035 $a (OCoLC)301289306 040 $a NOG $c NOG $d CDX $d UAB $d CLE $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a PN3435 $b .J67 2008 100 1 $a Joshi, S. T., $d 1958- 245 14 $a The rise and fall of the Cthulhu mythos / $c S.T. Joshi. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a [United States] : $b Mythos Books, $c 2008. 300 $a 308 p. : $b ill. ; $c 26 cm. 520 $a Noted Lovecraftian scholar S. T. Joshi has authored a criticism of Lovecraftian and Cthulhu Mythos fiction, beginning with the stories by H.P. Lovecraft that gave birth to the entities, locales, books, and other plot devices that have come to be known as the "Cthulhu Mythos". Joshi further details the works of August Derleth, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Donald Wandrei, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber and other. Joshi then expounds upon the "Derleth Mythos", and its influence on subsequent Lovecraftian fiction. Joshi then explores a new generations of Mythos writers and their respective expansion of the Cthulhu Mythos, including Richard L. Tierney, Gary Myers, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Walter C. DeBill Jr. and others. Finally, Joshi reviews some of the more modern authors who have taken up the Lovecraftian mantle: Jeffrey Thomas, Stanley C. Sargent, Wilum H. Pugmire, Thomas Ligotti, Joseph C. Pulver and many others. 600 10 $a Lovecraft, H. P. $q (Howard Phillips), $d 1890-1937 $x Influence. 650 0 $a Horror tales $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Supernatural in literature. 650 0 $a Horror films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Supernatural in motion pictures. 941 $a 1 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20141002010614.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=707F704449F911E48ACD98BDDAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search