Article: Infinitely abysmal.(Tales)(Book Review)

Infinitely abysmal

H. P. Lovecraft Tales. Library of America, 850 pages, $35

The appearance of a volume of Tales by the pulp fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) in the Library of America has been met with unpredictable reactions, especially in conservative journals. Michael Dirda, the editor of The Washington Post Book World, enthused about it in The Weekly Standard of March 7, leading with the declaration, "No flail understanding of modern literature is possible without taking [Lovecraft] into account."

John J. Miller, the otherwise perspicacious contributor to National Review, wrote in The Wall Street Journal of March 15, describing ...

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