On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, John & Carrie wrote:
> I'd dare say that
> H.P. Lovecraft at times reminds me somewhat of
Woolrich in his ornate and
> decadent prose describing lush, dark settings
teeming with hidden with
> unknown dread.
Well.. I did a short lecture once on frontier literature and
included Lovecraft as one (besides James Fenimore Cooper and
Henry Thoreau and
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" which, to be picky, isn't
literature). I wouldn't say he's noir, because I believe that
noir doesn't have anything to do with the supernatural. In
noir there is horror, but it comes from the id and the
community, not from outer space or dark mountains or deep
abysses like in Lovecraft. But maybe, if Lovecraft can be
considered frontier, he has links to the HB world, because
the professionalism that has been discussed in the list has
its roots in the frontier ideology. But since Lovecraft was
so influential writer, he certainly has influenced noir
writers.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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