The Despised Pastoral

"The Despised Pastoral" is a short non-fiction piece by the late American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It was first published in The Conservative, 4, No 1 in July 1918 Data Page for "The Despised Pastoral" at the H. P. Lovecraft Archive.
==Synopsis==
In the "The Despised Pastoral", Lovecraft laments his perceived attitude of poets of the time to look down on the pastoral, a type of poetry which extoll the virtues of a rural lifestyle and the countryside in general. He also expresses his fondness for such works.
==Publication History==
(Note: this history is compiled from listings given on The H. P. Lovecraft Archive and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Title: "The Despised Pastoral" at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database)
*The Conservative, 4, No 1 (1918)
*Something About Cats and Other Pieces (1949)
*A Winter Wish and Other Poems (1977)
*Collected Essays, Volume 2: Literary Criticism (2004)
*Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft (2014)
*In the Mind of H. P. Lovecraft (2020)
==References==
Category:H. P. Lovecraft works
Category:Non-Fiction Works
Category:Lovecraft Circle Works