I Am Providence Series by S.T. Joshi

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born to a well-to-do family in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, he revealed remarkable precocity in his early interests in literature and science. Ill-health dogged him in youth, rendering his school attendance sporadic; and in 1908 he experienced a nervous breakdown that rendered him a virtual recluse for several years. In 1914 he discovered the world of amateur journalism and began slowly emerging from his hermitry... moreHoward Phillips Lovecraft was born to a well-to-do family in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, he revealed remarkable precocity in his early interests in literature and science. Ill-health dogged him in youth, rendering his school attendance sporadic; and in 1908 he experienced a nervous breakdown that rendered him a virtual recluse for several years. In 1914 he discovered the world of amateur journalism and began slowly emerging from his hermitry. He wrote tremendous amounts of essays, poetry, and other work; in 1917, under the encouragement from W. Paul Cook and others, he resumed the writing of horror fiction, and his career as a dream-weaver began anew. In 1921 Lovecraft met his future wife, Sonia H. Greene, at an amateur journalism convention. It was at this time that he began expanding his horizons, both geographical and intellectual: he traveled widely, from New England to New York to Cleveland; and he absorbed such literary and intellectual influences as Lord Dunsany, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Machen. In 1924 he and Sonia decided to marry, and Lovecraft moved to New York to pursue his literary fortune. But, as the first volume of this biography concludes, his metropolitan adventure would be bittersweet at best. S. T. Joshi's award-winning biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996) provided the most detailed portrait of the life, work, and thought of the dreamer from Providence ever published. But that edition was in fact abridged from Joshi's original manuscript, and this expanded and updated two-volume edition restores the 150,000 words that Joshi omitted and, in addition, updates the texts with new findings. less

IO SONO PROVIDENCE: LA VITA E I TEMPI DI H.P. LOVECRAFT è l’opera più famosa da S.T. Joshi, il più grande esperto mondiale dello scrittore di Providence. Opera monumentale nata dopo anni di studi attenti, ricerche scrupolose e continui confronti con altri studiosi e ricercatori, questa lavoro esamina tutti gli aspetti biografici e letterari di H.P. Lovecraft, unitamente a un’analisi attenta della sua narrativa fantastica, della sua poesia e della sua saggistica... moreIO SONO PROVIDENCE: LA VITA E I TEMPI DI H.P. LOVECRAFT è l’opera più famosa da S.T. Joshi, il più grande esperto mondiale dello scrittore di Providence. Opera monumentale nata dopo anni di studi attenti, ricerche scrupolose e continui confronti con altri studiosi e ricercatori, questa lavoro esamina tutti gli aspetti biografici e letterari di H.P. Lovecraft, unitamente a un’analisi attenta della sua narrativa fantastica, della sua poesia e della sua saggistica.Il secondo volume copre gli anni tra il 1920 e il 1928, che vedono sviluppi fondamentali per la vita e la carriera di H.P. Lovecraft. La morte della madre, l’incontro con Sonia Greene che sfocerà in un breve matrimonio, il trasferimento a New York – dove l’Autore si troverà a fare i conti con un ambiente totalmente alieno rispetto alle regioni del suo amato New England – sono momenti significativi dell’esistenza del Maestro di Providence. Contemporaneamente, Lovecraft inizia a dedicarsi sempre di più alla narrativa, e proprio in questi anni scriverà quei due immortali capolavori che sono Il richiamo di Cthulhu e Il colore venuto dallo spazio. less

In 1996, S. T. Joshi's H.P. Lovecraft: a life was published. The edition was abridged by more than 150,000 words. This new version I am Providence: the life and times of H.P. Lovecraft restores every word of Joshi's original manuscript. The text has been revised and updated in light of the new information on Lovecraft that has emerged since 1996--Provided by publisher.