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Beetz, Kirk H. "H. P. Lovecraft: 18901937," In Popular World Fiction: 1900Present, edited by Walton Beacham and Suzanne Niemeyer. Washington, DC: Beacham, 1987. A general introduction to Lovecraft's life and work, with in-depth analyses of the novelette "The Dunwich Horror," the novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and the novel The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

de Camp, L. Sprague. Lovecraft: A Biography. New York: Doubleday, 1975.

This is the standard biography, by an admirer of Lovecraft. It features sensitive criticism as well as biographical detail. De Camp's reflections on Lovecraft's amateurism are particularly cogent.

Derleth, August. "H. P. Lovecraft and His Work." In The Dunwich Horror, by H. P. Lovecraft. New York: Lancer, 1969.

This introduction to a collection of Lovecraft's stories is one writer's tribute to a friend and offers insight into Lovecraft's life and work.

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This section contains 223 words
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The Silver Key from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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