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Old 12th December 2007, 04:42 PM   #77 (permalink)
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Re: And your first Lovecraft tale was ....?

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Originally Posted by akfarrar View Post
Other patients think I am mad - enough pain and horror around us in the room said one - but he's not got it - it's the 'angst'; the horror of realisation; the existential horror Lovecraft is trying to tap into I suspect.
Bravo! I'd say that's exactly it. It's the way he develops that theme that makes for a lot of the richness in his work, as well....
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