(urth) The outsider (Lovecraft)

[António Marques]

Yes, of course. My choice of words is due to the fact hat 1) I don't get
this Wolfean linguistic ring from the rest of HPL and 2) tho I agree many
of the piece's elements are quite inspired by Poe, I don't think it would
have been written by Poe. Can't quite say why. I can see Poe writing 'The
Music of Erich Zann', or any of the stories that revolve around corpses,
but for some reason not this one.


On 30 June 2014 16:47, Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com> wrote:

> If it's Wolfean, then Wolfe is Lovecraftian and--more to the
> core--Poesian, as this was definitely one of Eich-Pee-El's pieces most
> inspired by E.A. Poe.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:43 AM, António Marques <entonio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>> For some reason, I'd never read this short piece. Now I'm trying to fill
>> the blanks in some authors, I've come across it:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(short_story)
>> http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx
>>
>> And you know what? The language rings very Wolfean. At first sight, it's
>> a lame gothic tale. And there's really nothing hidden below that. But it
>> can also be a lot of things if you want to read them into it.
>> What I find interesting is that not only it could have been written by
>> Severian, up to the last word, some imagery is very evocative. And then the
>> words themselves. I'd have a very hard time believing the corpses that
>> *strewed* Severian's battlefield came from anywhere else, even if the image
>> is different, but what got me wondering was if, with such gleaning going
>> on, the name 'Outsider' has got some connection with this story too. Yes,
>> at first sight there's no relationship to be found.
>> I couldn't find any discussion of this story in connection to Wolfe -
>> after all, why should there be?. Do you know of any? All I could find were
>> analyses of 'An Evil Guest', which I have yet to read.
>>
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