Fungi from Yuggoth - The Sonnet Cycle

Although he's best known for his works of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft for most of his life considered himself primarily a poet. This cycle of 36 classic-form sonnets, infused with his trademark cosmic dread, represents the pinnacle of Lovecraft's career as a poet, and it's his most well-known and thoroughly-studied body of poetry.This volume presents Fungi from Yuggoth in the context of Lovecraft's literary life, with examples of his other poetry. In it, you will discover or rediscover the dark humor, bold imagination, and sparkling wit that is Howard Phillips Lovecraft's enduring gift to the world.

Foreword 3Part I: Early poetry, 1915-1919 9Unda; or, The Bride of the Sea (1915) 11Untitled Drinking-Song (1917) 15Nemesis (1918) 17Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme (1919) 21Part II: The 1929-1930 Resurgence 33The Outpost (1929) 35The Ancient Track (1929) 39Part III: Fungi from Yuggoth (1929-1930) 43I. The Book 45II. Pursuit 46III. The Key 47IV. Recognition 48V. Homecoming 49VI. The Lamp 50VII. Zaman's Hill 51VIII. The Port 52IX. The Courtyard 53X. The Pigeon-Flyers 54XI. The Well 55XII. The Howler 56XIII. Hesperia 57XIV. Star-Winds 58XV. Antarktos 59XVI. The Window 60XVII. A Memory 61XVIII. The Gardens of Yin 62XIX. The Bells 63XX. Night-Gaunts 64XXI. Nyarlarthotep 65XXII. Azathoth 66XXIII. Mirage 67XXIV. The Canal 68XXV. St. Toad's 69XXVI. The Familiars 70XXVII. The Elder Pharos 71XXVIII. Expectancy 72XXIX. Nostalgia 73XXX. Background 74XXXI. The Dweller 75XXXII. Alienation 76XXXIII. Harbour Whistles 77XXXIV. Recapture 78XXXV. Evening Star 79XXXVI. Continuity 80Part IV: Late Poetry, 1935-1936 83In a Sequester'd ProvidenceChurchyard where Once PoeWalked (1936) 85To Clark Ashton Smith, Esq., uponHis Phantastick Tales, Verses, Picturesand Sculptures (1936) 86