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Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury: Spectral Journeys (Studies in Supernatural Literature)
In his classic study Supernatural Horror in Literature, H. P. Lovecraft discusses the emergence of what he called spectral literatureliterature that involves the gothic themes of the supernatural found in the past but also considers modern society and humanity. Beyond indicating how authors of such works derived pleasure from a sense of cosmic atmosphere, Lovecraft did not elaborate on what he meant by the term spectral as a form of haunted literature concerned with modernity. In Read more