In 1917 he resumed the writing of weird fiction, which he had abandoned nine years earlier. For the next ten years he devoted much of his time and energy to this realm, writing immense quantities of poetry and essays and also holding several high offices in the two major amateur journalism organizations. He emerged from his hermitry in a curious way, by conducting a feud in the letter column of the Argosy, a popular magazine this led to his entry into the realm of amateur journalism in 1914. He retreated into hermitry, gaining immense erudition from voracious readings but becoming shy and withdrawn he also learned no trade or occupation, consigning him to ever-increasing poverty.
After the early death of his father, his upbringing was left to the hands of his grandfather, uncle, and an increasingly neurotic mother.īecause of poor health, his formal schooling was highly irregular, and he attended Hope Street High School for only three years before dropping out in 1908. His discovery of the work of Edgar Allan Poe inspired him to attempt his own weird tales. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born in Providence, R.I., on August 20, 1890, he displayed early precociousness by reading the Brothers Grimm and the Arabian Nights by the age of five or six soon thereafter he developed an interest in chemistry, and later in astronomy.
* Printed on a deluxe heavy weight tip-on jacket The content of the record is based around Lovecraft's life during the writing of his most notable stories. We have modeled this production to be a timeless record to be enjoyed through the ages. Black vinyl edition of 100x copies - 70x copies available for sale This is our first non-fiction release and the first audio biography on one of the most influential authors of all time, Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
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