Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... Lovecraft's preoccupation with the Roman and Teu- tonic influences on English culture . Lovecraft traced the two culture streams of the Roman and Teutonic heritages into the past , where , for him , the Teutonic strand faded out around ...
... Lovecraft's preoccupation with the Roman and Teu- tonic influences on English culture . Lovecraft traced the two culture streams of the Roman and Teutonic heritages into the past , where , for him , the Teutonic strand faded out around ...
Page 131
... Lovecraft's way of transcending time and space to " merge [ himself ] with the whole historic stream " and free himself from the effects of the modern world he loathed . 38 43 The Dunwich horror was a symbolic microcosm in which Lovecraft ...
... Lovecraft's way of transcending time and space to " merge [ himself ] with the whole historic stream " and free himself from the effects of the modern world he loathed . 38 43 The Dunwich horror was a symbolic microcosm in which Lovecraft ...
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... Lovecraft , Letters 1925–1929 , p . 111 . 42. Lovecraft , Letters 1911-1924 , p . 302 . 43. Critics of the Yog - Sothoth Cycle of Myth are concerned with its nature and what Lovecraft stories it may relate to ( August Derleth , S. T. ...
... Lovecraft , Letters 1925–1929 , p . 111 . 42. Lovecraft , Letters 1911-1924 , p . 302 . 43. Critics of the Yog - Sothoth Cycle of Myth are concerned with its nature and what Lovecraft stories it may relate to ( August Derleth , S. T. ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
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