The Silver Key Summary
H. P. Lovecraft

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The Silver Key Summary

In "The Silver Key" Lovecraft presents his views on what constitutes the beautiful, on what makes a well-told fantasy, and on the role a youthful spirit plays in successful writing. The ideas are complex, but they explain some of Lovecraft's difficulties as a professional writer. He believed that a writer's literary success should be gauged by how beautiful his fictional world was. The story's main character, Randolph Carter, tries to sort through the...

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