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Tradução do artigo de Nick Land, "As Origens do Clube Cthulhu".
A short investigation on the possible roots of the name "Cthulhu", as the most legendary creation of Lovecraft's horror fiction. Also included is an exploration of the astrological and stellar meanings of the "Elder Sign", as designed by... more
The whole paper is basically an essay about Lovecraft and the concept of Cosmic Horror. There is no abstract since it was part of a series of essays to complete the Master course in Fantasy Literature at the University of Glasgow. I will... more
The early twentieth-century weird writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft is today best remembered for his genre defining style of academic noir pulp fiction. Yet in focusing on certain tropes of his work, such as the many memorable monsters he... more
In this short version of my BA thesis, I investigate how H.P Lovecraft and Kenneth Grant apply strategies to be read as a religious text, based on the theories of Marco Frenschkowski. (This English version was written as a language sample... more
This paper was first presented at the Promises of Monsters conference, 28-29 April, 2016, Stavanger, Norway.
Depuis la fin des années 1930, les mythes contemporains tels que ceux de Superman ou de Batman fonctionnent sur un même schéma : plusieurs auteurs ont apporté leur vision de ces différents univers et les ont agrémentés au fil des... more
La principal característica de est e mo vimi e nt o es qu e es estricta m e n t e literario por volunta d propia de sus autor e s , sin ningun a con n ot a ci ó n co m e r ci al, política, so ci al, religios a , sexu al, etc., qu e det er... more
A paper written for- and delivered at- the Gothic Realities postgraduate and early-career research symposium at the University of Stirling, October 24-25 2019. This paper seeks to explore the links between the works of H.P. Lovecraft and... more
This essay seeks to illuminate a fascinating aspect of global popular culture - fandom - by devising an original analytic frame based in Religious Studies which demonstrates that fandoms not only provide their devotees with new... more
O Canal GonG lançou um podcast que conta com informações sobre boardgames, filmes, quadrinhos, RPG e uma breve pesquisa histórica acerca do tema que será abordado. Neste episódio, falaremos sobre H. P. Lovecraft e, gostaria de... more
Lunceford, Brett. Review of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos by Bobby Derie. Popular Culture Studies Journal, 3, no. 1&2 (2015): 555-559.
Partindo da leitura de três contos de H. P. Lovecraft – "Ar frio" (1926/1928), "Sonhos na Casa da Bruxa" (1932/1933) e "O assombro nas trevas" (1935/1936) – procurou-se tecer algumas considerações a respeito da representação do... more
One among H. P. Lovecraft’s most renowned and remarked thematic points are his peculiar and unique monsters. Cthulhu, for example, is one of the highlighted monsters in pop culture of the 20th and 21th centuries. However, the critics... more
H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937), the most important American author of Weird Fiction, is known best for creating the Cthulhu mythos: an alternative universe, reigned by monstrous Gods, in which humanity eventually became meaningless. A... more
La narrativa de H. P Lovecraft ha influido en la literatura universal mediante el ciclo de los Mitos de Cthulhu. Muchos escritores han colaborado en esta mítica narrativa; es el caso del escritor mexicano Emiliano González (1955), quien... more
Présentation dans le cadre de la journée d'étude « Science-Fiction, religion, théologie » de l’Université catholique de Lille, organisée par le laboratoire Ethics (EA 7446) - Chaire Ethique, technologie et transhumanismes les 21 et 27... more
O presente trabalho tem como proposta correlacionar a geomitologia de Atlantis e o desaparecimento de civilizações com a literatura de horror lovecraftiana, em específico os Mitos de Cthulhu e sua teoria do fim do mundo. A metodologia da... more
¿Son los relatos de horror cósmico del solitario de Providence, en realidad, construcciones míticas? Este artículo analiza las principales definiciones de mito propuestas por la antropología y las ciencias humanas y prueba a aplicarlas a... more
French author Michel Houellebecq’s greatest fear is that contemporary secular Europe is the end of history. In Michel Houellebecq’s cautionary tale, democracy is a microwave dinner and religion is reasonableness.... more
Introducción a la traducción de narrativa gráfica y particularidades de su enseñanza.