Although he's best known for his works of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft for most of his life considered himself primarily a poet. This cycle of 36 classic-form sonnets, infused with his trademark cosmic dread, represents the pinnacle of Lovecraft's career as a poet, and it's his most well-known and thoroughly-studied body of poetry.
This volume presents Fungi from Yuggoth in the context of Lovecraft's literary life, with examples of his other poetry. In it, you will discover - or rediscover - the dark humor, bold imagination, and sparkling wit that is Howard Phillips Lovecraft's enduring gift to the world.
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Foreword 3 Part I: Early poetry, 1915-1919 9 Unda; or, The Bride of the Sea (1915) 11 Untitled Drinking-Song (1917) 15 Nemesis (1918) 17 Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme (1919) 21 Part II: The 1929-1930 Resurgence 33 The Outpost (1929) 35 The Ancient Track (1929) 39 Part III: Fungi from Yuggoth (1929-1930) 43 I. The Book 45 II. Pursuit 46 III. The Key 47 IV. Recognition 48 V. Homecoming 49 VI. The Lamp 50 VII. Zaman's Hill 51 VIII. The Port 52 IX. The Courtyard 53 X. The Pigeon-Flyers 54 XI. The Well 55 XII. The Howler 56 XIII. Hesperia 57 XIV. Star-Winds 58 XV. Antarktos 59 XVI. The Window 60 XVII. A Memory 61 XVIII. The Gardens of Yin 62 XIX. The Bells 63 XX. Night-Gaunts 64 XXI. Nyarlarthotep 65 XXII. Azathoth 66 XXIII. Mirage 67 XXIV. The Canal 68 XXV. St. Toad's 69 XXVI. The Familiars 70 XXVII. The Elder Pharos 71 XXVIII. Expectancy 72 XXIX. Nostalgia 73 XXX. Background 74 XXXI. The Dweller 75 XXXII. Alienation 76 XXXIII. Harbour Whistles 77 XXXIV. Recapture 78 XXXV. Evening Star 79 XXXVI. Continuity 80 Part IV: Late Poetry, 1935-1936 83 In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard where Once Poe Walked (1936) 85 To Clark Ashton Smith, Esq., upon His Phantastick Tales, Verses, Pictures, and Sculptures (1936) 86