H. P. Lovecraft: A Critical Study

H. P. Lovecraft: A Critical Study is a non-fiction work by scholar and critic Donald R. Burleson, first published in September 1983 by Greenwood Press. It has not been reissued. 
==Chapters==
*Preface
*Acknowledgements
*1. Howard Phillips Lovecraft
**His Life in Brief
**His Philosophy as an Artist
*2. Stirrings: Emergence of a Dark Talent (1917-1919)
**"The Tomb" and "Dagon"
**First "Dunsanian" Tales
**Other Writings
*3. Early Years: Beginnings and Foreshadowings (1920-1923)
**"The Terrible Old Man" and "The Picture in the House"
**Dunsanian Tales
**"The Outsider" and "The Rats in the Walls"
**"The Music of Erich Zann"
**Other Writings
*4. New York: Writing in Exile (1924-1926)
**"The Shunned House"
**"The Horror at Red Hook" and "He"
**"In the Vault" and "Cool Air"
**Other Writings
*5. Homecoming Burst of Creativity: The Lovecraft Mythos (1926-1928)
**"The Call of Cthulhu"
**The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
**The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
**"The Colour Out of Space"
**"The Dunwich Horror"
**Other Writings
*6. Sporadic Inspiration: Growth of the Mythos (1929-1933)
**"The Whisperer in Darkness"
**At the Mountains of Madness
**"The Shadow over Innsmouth"
**"The Dreams in the Witch House"
**"The Thing on the Doorstep"
**Other Writings
*7. Final Years: Powers Undiminished (1934-1937)
**"The Shadow out of Time"
**"The Haunter of the Dark"
**Other Writings
*8. Major Literary Influences on Lovecraft
**Poe and Hawthorne
**Dunsany and Machen
*Epilogue: General Conclusions
*Selected Bibliography
*Index
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