In the following essay, Burleson provides detailed analyses of several of Lovecraft's important, early stories.

In the following excerpt, Schweitzer discusses numerous Lovecraft stories, summarizing the plots, explaining their significance to Lovecraft's literary career, and offering a brief analysis of each story.

In the following essay, Dziemianowicz analyzes the theme of isolation in Lovecraft's stories.

In the following excerpt, Joshi, author of several books on Lovecraft, examines Lovecraft's stories in regard to the influence of Lord Dunsany, their New England settings, and the influence of Edgar Allan Poe.

In the following excerpt, originally published in a 1952 edition, Penzoldt offers a psychological analysis of Lovecraft's horror tales.

In the following essay, Schweitzer investigates the nature and extent of Lord Dunsany's influence on Lovecraft.

In the following essay, Burleson explores the broad thematic concern of Lovecraft's ouevre, which he deems to be “the nature of self-knowledge.”

In the following essay, Burleson discusses Nathaniel Hawthorne as an important influence on many thematic elements in Lovecraft's fiction.

In the following essay, Cox discusses the frequent criticism of Lovecraft's literary craftsmanship.

In the following essay, Indick refutes the common assumption that Lovecraft's stories are not concerned with female characters.

In the following essay, Weinberg views Lovecraft's invented mathematics in several stories as a blending of science and fantasy.

In the following review, Winter offers a favorable assessment of Tales of H. P. Lovecraft and The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft.

In the following essay, Emmons discusses the “Cthulhu Mythos” stories as the creation of a mythology appropriate to the twentieth century, calling it “a myth for our time.”