In this essay Lovecraft traces the history of hair-raising fictional stories with a focus on things that go bump in the night, starting with the examples from the Antiquity and ending with a detailed discussion of the works of his contemporaries. - Summary by Piotr Nater
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
09:59 - Chapter 2
THE DAWN OF THE HORROR TALE
10:20 - Chapter 3
THE EARLY GOTHIC NOVEL
14:15 - Chapter 4
THE APEX OF GOTHIC ROMANCE
11:55 - Chapter 5
THE AFTERMATH OF GOTHIC FICTION
18:25 - Chapter 6
SPECTRAL LITERATURE ON THE CONTINENT
13:22 - Chapter 7
EDGAR ALLAN POE
16:21 - Chapter 8
THE WEIRD TRADITION IN AMERICA
31:40 - Chapter 9
THE WEIRD TRADITION IN THE BRITISH ISLES
22:32 - Chapter 10
THE MODERN MASTERS
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