Lovecraft

Lovecraft
a) (1890-1937), an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. Lovecrafts works have become highly important and influential among writers and fans of modern horror fiction.
b) The literature written by H. P. Lovecraft.

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  • Lovecraft Family —    HPL records an elaborate family history for his paternal ancestors, most of it deriving from records copied from his great aunt Sarah Allgood (d. 1908) in 1905. The Lovecraft family line in England as given by HPL in his letter to Frank… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Lovecraft, Sarah Susan Phillips —    (1857–1921)    Mother of HPL; second daughter of Whipple V.Phillips and Robie A.Place Phillips, born in the PlaceBattey house on Moosup Valley Road in Foster, R.I. She spent one academic year at the Wheaton Seminary (Norton, Mass.) in 1871–72; …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Lovecraft, Winfield Scott —    (1853–1898).    Father of HPL; the only son to survive to adulthood of George Lovecraft (c. 1818–1895) and Helen Allgood (1821–1881), of Rochester, N.Y. HPL states that his father attended a military school and made modern languages his… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Lovecraft — mit seiner Frau (1924) Howard Phillips Lovecraft (* 20. August 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island; † 15. März 1937 ebenda) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er gilt als einer der weltweit einflussreichsten Autoren im Bereich der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • LOVECRAFT (H. P.) — LOVECRAFT HOWARD PHILLIPS (1890 1937) Né à Providence (Rhode Island), Howard Philipps Lovecraft y passera toute sa vie. Son père étant mort alors qu’il avait trois ans, sa mère l’élève dans une ambiance stricte et puritaine, lui faisant une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lovecraft — Lovecraft, Howard Philip …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Lovecraft — (Howard Phillips) (1890 1937) auteur américain de récits fantastiques: la Couleur tombée du ciel (1927), l Appel de Cthulhu (1928) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lovecraft —   [ lʌvkraːft], Howard Philipps, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Providence (R. I.) 20. 8. 1890, ✝ ebenda 15. 3. 1937; gilt mit seinen v. a. von E. A. Poe beeinflussten fantastisch makabren Horrorgeschichten, die einerseits im Stil des… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Lovecraft — [luv′kraft΄] H(oward) P(hillips) 1890 1937; U.S. writer of horror stories …   English World dictionary

  • Lovecraft — H. P. Lovecraft Howard P. Lovecraft Lovecraft et sa femme Sonia Greene (1924) Autres noms Lewis Theobald Jr, Ward Phillips Activité(s) romancier, auteur de nouv …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lovecraft, H.P. — ▪ American writer in full  Howard Phillips Lovecraft   born Aug. 20, 1890, Providence, R.I., U.S. died March 15, 1937, Providence       American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th century masters of the… …   Universalium

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