![]() James, and has edited collections of their works. Lovecraft: A Life, 1996), Joshi has written about Ambrose Bierce, H. Besides what some critics consider to be the definitive biography of Lovecraft (H. Sunand Tryambak Joshi is an Indian American literary scholar, and a leading figure in the study of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and other authors. Blackwood's genius there can be no dispute for no one has ever approached the skill, seriousness, and minute fidelity with which he records the overtones of strangeness in ordinary things and experiences." -H.P. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including the title story, the inspiration for Val Lewton's classic film Cat People "The Willows," which Lovecraft singled out as "the single finest weird tale in literature" "The Wendigo" "The Insanity of Jones" and "Sand." ![]() Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. ![]() Lovecraft)īy turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Spine-tingling supernatural tales from "the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere" (H.P. ![]() Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here ![]()
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