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04191aam a2200421 i 4500 001 5B6205542E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 230607t20242024nyu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2023025308 020 $a 9798765107690 020 $a 9798765107683 035 $a (OCoLC)1380685799 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UOK $d YDX $d YT1 $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3523.O833 $b Z866 2024 082 00 $a 813/.52 $2 23/eng/20230607 100 1 $a Steadman, John L., $e author. 245 10 $a Horror as racism in H. P. Lovecraft : $b white fragility in the weird tales / $c John L. Steadman. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Academic, $c 2024. 300 $a viii, 249 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Providing a new perspective on Lovecraft's life and work, Horror as Racism in H.P. Lovecraft focuses on the overlap between the writer's personal beliefs and the racist images and narratives in his speculative fiction. Building on recent debates about Lovecraft and drawing on the concept of white fragility," John Steadman argues that the writer's fiction reflects his feelings of resentment and anger towards non-white persons and was used to advocate for his racist, xenophobic political beliefs - that western civilization was in decline and slavery was justifiable among "superior" civilizations. In making these claims, Lovecraft's tales pit humans against extra-terrestrial aliens, developing a terrifying, futuristic vision of the Earth as a plantation planet. The familiar image of Lovecraft as a reclusive, creative genius and mentor to young writer-friends is dismantled through close readings of his fiction and nonfiction - including correspondence, essays, and poetry - and examination of his early biography. This image is replaced by that of a cruel, callous, and, at times, psychotic man, a violently vitriolic racist and white supremacist who hated most of the non-white races. While some will dismiss the author outright and others will read his fiction but ignore the racism, Horror as Racism in H.P. Lovecraft takes a middle ground: acknowledging Lovecraft's personal history and heinous intentions, it helps readers navigate the author's disturbing biography while also getting a better sense of the stories, which remain significant within American science fiction." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Part 1: Beginnings - 1. Privilege Lost -- 2. The Pattern of Loss and Failure -- 3. Racist Influences -- 4. Racist Writings -- Part 2: Humankind against Hybrid, Degenerative Monsters -- 5. Lovecraft's Early Weird Tales -- 6. Arthur Jermyn (1920) -- 7. Herbert West - Reanimator (1922) -- 8. The Lurking Fear (1923) -- 9. The Rats in the Walls (1924) -- 10. The Horror at Red Hook -- 11. Critical Commentaries -- Part 3: Humankind against the Cosmic Slave Masters - 12. Lovecraft's Later Weird Tales -- 13. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927) -- 14. The Whisperer in Darkness (1930) -- 15. The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931) -- 16. At the Mountains of Madness (1931) -- 17. The Shadow Out of Time (1934) -- 18. Critical Commentaries (II) 600 10 $a Lovecraft, H. P. $q (Howard Phillips), $d 1890-1937 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Lovecraft, H. P. $q (Howard Phillips), $d 1890-1937 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Lovecraft, H. P. $q (Howard Phillips), $d 1890-1937 $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00050179 650 0 $a Racism in literature. 650 7 $a Political and social views $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Racism in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086655 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a Literary criticism $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01986215 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Critiques litteÌraires. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000001939 776 08 $i Online version: $a Steadman, John L. $t Horror as racism in H. P. Lovecraft $d New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024 $z 9798765107706 $w (DLC) 2023025309 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619012429.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5B6205542E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search