No I haven't read
Jimbo or
The Centaur, at least I don't recall doing so. Teresa may have. When you get time to peruse them I'd be interested in reading your observations on these two.
No definitely not read Joshi's chapter on Blackwood. I don't have that book by him on Weird Tales for someone as keen as myself on Weird Tales writers! I should really look at obtaining what I'm sure would be an excellent reference though. Time and money, the bane of my life *SIGH*
Yes I was well aware that Ashton Smith was a poet and a damned talented one at that. My understanding was that he was considered by several contemporaries of the time to be America's greatest living poet. Perhaps a slightly exagerrated claim, maybe you can confirm that for us Sir...