Howard Phillips Lovecraft ; with a new introd. by E.F. Bleiler.
Dover edition
New York :
Dover Publications,
1973.
106 pages ;
22 cm
Includes index.
Reprint of the 1945 ed. published by B. Abramson, New York.
Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett. New introduction by E. F. Bleiler [from publisher's description]