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The novel was an inspiration for horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, who called it "New England's greatest contribution to weird literature" in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature". Seven Gables likely influenced Lovecraft's short stories "The Picture in the House", "The Shunned House" and novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. [14]
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1851
Seven Gables likely influenced Lovecraft's short stories "The Picture in the House", "The Shunned House" and novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. [14] The novel had a 1940 screen adaptation with Margaret Lindsay as Hepzibah, George Sanders as Jaffrey, Vincent Price as Clifford, Dick Foran as Holgrave, and Nan Grey as Phoebe.
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H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), the most important Americansupernaturalist since Poe, has had an incalculable influence on all thehorror-story writing of recent decades. Although his supernatural fictionhas of late been enjoying an unprecedented fame, it is still not widelyknown that he wrote a critical history of supernatural horror inliterature that ...
Introduction to the Dover Edition, by E.F. BleilerSupernatural Horror in Literature. By H.P. Lovecraft, Edited by E.F. Bleiler. New York,NY: Dover Publications; 1973; ISBN 0-486-20105-8; Paperback.
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Oct 29, 2023 · And finally, many years later, H. P. Lovecraft would define the novel as "New England's greatest contribution to weird literature." Despite all the dark themes in The House of the Seven Gables, the ending is uplifting, as it depicts several of the characters gaining a new look at life with renewed hopes and expectations.
Oct 22, 2012 · “The Dunwich Horror,” indeed, is in many ways a reprise of the short novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927), which in its use of alchemy and witchcraft can be said to be the pinnacle of Lovecraft’s work in the old-time Gothic mode; it is, in effect, his House of the Seven Gables in its tracing of a curse that spans the generations ...
Aug 20, 2016 · Nearly 80 years after H. P. Lovecraft’s death, his influence over popular culture shows no signs of waning. In his own day, Lovecraft's influences included writers such as fantasist Lord Dunsany...
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The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance is a gothic romance novel by the late American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published by Ticknor and Fields in March 1851. According to Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, it is a possible inspiration for "The Case of Charles Dexter...
