The father's silence : H.P. Lovecraft and the shadow of the father /

H.P. Lovecraft's fiction is deeply shaped by themes of inheritance, decay, forbidden knowledge, and unseen influence. Yet the shadow of his father - whose early illness, institutionalization, and death left a silence at the center of Lovecraft's life - has rarely been examined in sustained...

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Main Author: McInnis, John Lawson, 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: McInnis, Dennis (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [United States?] : Dennard McInnis, [2026]
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