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

Lončar, Dino. "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, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

Lončar, Dino. "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, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

Lončar, D. (2018). '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, accessed 19 August 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

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 2019 August 19] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:190599

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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TitleThe Fear of the Unknown in H. P. Lovecraft's Works
Title (croatian)Strah od nepoznatoga u djelima H. P. Lovecrafta
AuthorDino Lončar
MentorLjubica Matek (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2018-03-07, 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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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:190599
Study programmeTitle: Engleski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni)
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: preddiplomski
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Study programmeTitle: Njemački jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni)
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: preddiplomski
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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