H. P. Lovecraft презентация

oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
-H. P. Lovecraft

or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as "...a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing."

Thrawn Janet, 1899 illustration, via The British Museum

October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.

1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre.

the cosmic horror of the unknown (and in some cases, unknowable) more than gore or other elements of shock, though these may still be present.

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H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published in the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928.
In "The Call of Cthulhu", H. P. Lovecraft describes a statue of Cthulhu as "A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind."

A sketch of a statuette depicting Cthulhu, drawn by H. P. Lovecraft.