![]() ![]() Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock argue in their new anthology, then this is due not only to his tremendous popularity but also the surge of interest in his work among contemporary theorists and philosophers-particularly in the field of posthumanist studies, where his work has been embraced for its anti-humanism or post-anthropocentrism. If we are now living in the “age of Lovecraft,” as Carl H. In recent years the popularity of his work has grown even more thanks to comic, radio, film, and television adaptations as well as games and popular music, which have made Lovecraft’s name a household word-even among people who never read him. ![]() ![]() His stories have since reached a wider readership through numerous reprint editions, and in 2005 his work was even included in the prestigious Library of America series, which presented him as the modern successor to Edgar Allan Poe. Joshi began to edit a series of scholarly journals ( Lovecraft Studies, Lovecraft Annual, Studies in Weird Fiction, and Weird Fiction Review) that brought Lovecraft’s work to the attention of literary critics. Lovecraft’s horror stories appeared regularly in pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Astounding Stories, yet they gradually fell into obscurity following the death of the author and the decline of the pulp market. ![]()
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