The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works

Lončar, Dino

undergraduate thesis

The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works

Lončar, Dino (2018)

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Lončar, D. (2018). The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works (Undergraduate thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

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Lončar D. The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2020 July 09] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

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D. Lončar, "The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

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Title	The Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works
Title (croatian)	Strah od nepoznatoga u djelima H. P. Lovecrafta
Author	Dino Lončar
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2018-03-07, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	Howard Philips Lovecraft is now considered to be an iconic American writer of horror and science fiction; however, he did not believe that his fiction would leave such a monumental mark on literature as it did. Lovecraft did not write for money or commercial success, and his references to Greek and Roman mythology, use of Latin quotes, eighteenth-century New England world view, racism and paranoia make him a writer whose works hardly seem accessible, even for his time. But this is exactly what makes his works unique and interesting. What Lovecraft did in his writing was to search the depths of human imagination. His stories explore everything which is strange or unknown to us and everything incomprehensible. Therefore, the fear of the unknown that surrounds his stories is one of the major themes that make Lovecraft rightfully a master storyteller and great writer. This paper will examine what the unknown in Lovecraft’s stories is, how it appears and what it says about the human condition and our understanding of the universe we live in, and it will do so by analysing the following stories: “The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Dreams in the Witch House”, “The Outsider” and “The Shadow over Innsmouth”.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:190599
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: German Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti)
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