An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia

An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia

Cover of the first edition
Authors	S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz
Language	English
Subject	H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher	Hippocampus Press
Publication date	2001
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	364
ISBN	0313315787

An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia is a reference work written by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz.^[1] It covers the life and work of American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. First published in 2001 by Greenwood Publishing Group, it was reissued in a slightly revised paperback edition by Hippocampus Press.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

The book provides entries on all of Lovecraft's stories, complete with synopses, publication history and word counts. People from Lovecraft's life, including selected writers who influenced his work, are also included.

Fictional characters from Lovecraft's work are given brief entries, but most Cthulhu Mythos-related subjects are not referenced. "The 'gods' themselves, with rare exceptions, do not figure as 'characters' in any meaningful sense in the tales, so there are no entries on them," the authors explain.

Authors

• S. T. Joshi is the author of Lovecraft: A Life and the editor of several collections of Lovecraft's work, including the corrected Arkham House editions.
• David E. Schultz is the editor of a critical edition of Lovecraft's Commonplace Book (1987). With Joshi, he has edited several volumes of writings by Lovecraft and Ambrose Bierce.

References

1. Joshi, S. T.; Schultz, David E. (2001). An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-31578-7. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Google Books.
2. Selwyn, Laurie (June 1, 2002). "An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia". Library Journal. Vol. 127, no. 10. p. 130.
3. "An H.P. Lovecraft encyclopedia". Reference and Research Book News. Vol. 17, no. 1. February 2002.
4. Stokes, D.M. (October 2002). "An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia". Choice. Vol. 40, no. 2. p. 256.
5. Eberhart, George M. (April 2002). "An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia". College & Research Libraries News. Vol. 63, no. 4. p. 299.
6. Wessells, Henry (2004). "Review of An H. P. Lovecraft encyclopedia". The New York Review of Science Fiction. Vol. 16, no. 7. pp. 21–23.