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In the Cobweb of Horror: Poe´s and Lovecraft´s Characters Bound with the Fibres of Dread

Authors: Svitáková Šárka

Year: 2013

Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku

Name of source: American and British Studies Annual

Publisher name: Univerzita Pardubice

Place: Pardubice

Page from-to: 183-194

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	V pavučině hrůzy: Poeovy a Lovecraftovy postavy spoutané děsem	Článek analyzuje pojetí strachu vdílech Edgara Allan Poea a Howarda Phillipse Lovecrafta, poukazuje na podobnosti a odlišnosti v pojetí obou autorů, především v zobrazení zdrojů hrůzy a strachu, duševní nemoci a v roli prostředí. Článek se věnuje pouze těm povídkám, které patří do žánru hororu.	Poe; Lovecraft; horor; sci-fi; gotické prvky; strach
eng	In the Cobweb of Horror: Poe´s and Lovecraft´s Characters Bound with the Fibres of Dread	This paper focuses on the analysis of the concept of fear in the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Certain crucial, interconnected issues are dealt with which show the similarities and differences between the two authors' works: sources of fright, lunacy and the role of setting. This essay engages only with the horror stories written by Poe and Lovecraft, not with their short stories associated with other genres (satire, fantasy, etc.).	Poe; Lovecraft; horror; sci-fi; gothic; fear; lunacy; setting

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