The Republic of Cthulhu: Lovecraft, the Weird Tale, and Conspiracy Theory / by Eric Wilson.
If parapolitics, a branch of radical criminology that studies the interactions between public entities and clandestine agencies, is to develop as an academic discipline, then it must develop a coherent theory of aesthetics in order to successfully perform its primary function: to render perceptible...
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Wilson, Eric Michael, 1961- author. The Republic of Cthulhu: Lovecraft, the Weird Tale, and Conspiracy Theory by Eric Wilson. Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2016 Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020 ©2020 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rda Also available in print form. Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183). Gods and monsters -- The criminology of the nameless : parapolitics and Alētheia -- From the sublime : "The call of Cthulhu" (1926) -- To the grotesque : "The horror at Red Hook" (1925) -- N. Lat. 40.7117°, W. Long. 74.0125° 08:46-09:03 AM, September 11, 2001 -- Conclusion : the doom that came to humanism. If parapolitics, a branch of radical criminology that studies the interactions between public entities and clandestine agencies, is to develop as an academic discipline, then it must develop a coherent theory of aesthetics in order to successfully perform its primary function: to render perceptible extra-judicial phenomena that have hitherto resisted formal classification.Wilson offers the work of H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) as an example of the relevance of subversive literature--in this case, cosmic horror and the weird tale--to the parapolitical criminologist. Cosmic horror is a form of writing that relies heavily upon the epistemological assumption of a radical and irreconcilable disjunction between appearance and reality, perception and truth. In many ways, the well-constructed weird tale strongly resembles the hard-boiled detective story or the noir thriller in that the resolution of the narrative hinges upon a dramatically shattering confrontation with an unspeakable reality. Apart from its obvious utilization of conspiracy theory, the primary attraction of the Lovecraftian text lies with its remarkably sophisticated utilization of two central tropes of classical aesthetic theory--the sublime and the grotesque. Not only does Lovecraft's oeuvre represent a remarkable use of both of these motifs, but the raw literary power of the Lovecraftian weird tale serves as an outstanding exemplar for the parapolitical scholar to emulate in formulating an alternative mode of discourse, or poetics. Description based on print version record. English Structuralism (Literary analysis) Conspiracy theories in literature. Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 Criticism and interpretation. Electronic books. H.P. Lovecraft parapolitics radical criminology horror conspiracy theory Print version: 0998237566 |
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Gods and monsters -- The criminology of the nameless : parapolitics and Alētheia -- From the sublime : "The call of Cthulhu" (1926) -- To the grotesque : "The horror at Red Hook" (1925) -- N. Lat. 40.7117°, W. Long. 74.0125° 08:46-09:03 AM, September 11, 2001 -- Conclusion : the doom that came to humanism. |
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