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James a. Joshi and david e. Schultz are the editors of this book. It is based on the 5-volume selected letters published by arkham house. Headnotes help the reader understand the author's need to communicate with kindred spirits, his attempts to battl... Read More
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They are detailed and interesting, full of observations on architecture and atmosphere.
Well researched and ably constructed, joshi and schultz's offering is a welcome addition.
Slang mingles with 18th century words and spelling.
According to the introduction, the texts of the letters come from original manuscripts in archives and private collections, and... Read More
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- This product had a total of 56 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 21 2024.
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I have been long missing a hardcover version
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I reproduce ye entire 34a note on the text3434the material in this volume consists of extracts from a few essays by lovecraft texts of which are derived from existing manuscripts or early printed appearances and extracts of many letters
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We have made relatively few alterations in the manuscript letters occasionally correcting an obvious slip of the pen and writing out lovecrafts habitual ampersands
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We have made more alterations in the transcripts in cases where there is good reason to believe that the transcriber erred in reading lovecrafts handwriting
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We have not placed ellipses at the beginning or end of letters except in cases where our editing has resulted in a sentence fragment but we have placed ellipses enclosed in brackets where we have made cuts or abridgments within a given extract
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All other ellipses are lovecrafts
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