{"id":8678,"date":"2016-09-23T08:21:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T12:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2016-09-23T08:21:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T12:21:48","slug":"w-scott-poole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/w-scott-poole\/","title":{"rendered":"Event | In the Mountains of Madness: A Reading with Author W. Scott Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:30\u00a0p.m.<\/strong> in the Lownes Room\u00a0of the John Hay\u00a0Library,<\/strong>\u00a0W. Scott Poole will give a reading from his new book,\u00a0In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft<\/em>. A discussion will follow the reading.\u00a0This event is free and open to the public. The book will be available for purchase before and after the event.<\/p>\n

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS (SEPTEMBER 2016, 978-1-59376-674-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Mountains of Madness<\/em>\u00a0interweaves the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon. It aims to explain this reclusive figure while also challenging some of the general views held by Lovecraft devotees, focusing specifically on the large cross-section of horror and science fiction fans who know Lovecraft through films, Role Playing Games, and video games directly influenced by his work, but who know little or nothing about him.<\/p>\n

From a childhood wracked with fear and intense hallucinations, Lovecraft would eventually embrace the mystical, creating ways in which his unrestrained imaginary life intersected with the world he found so difficult to endure. The monsters of his dreams became his muses. Yet,\u00a0Poole\u00a0insists that Lovecraft was not the Victorian prude who wrote \u201csquishy monster stories for boys.\u201d Rather he was a kind of neo-romantic mystic whose love of the 18th century allowed him to bring together a bit of Isaac Newton with a bit of William Blake in a real marriage of heaven and hell.<\/p>\n

More than a traditional biography,\u00a0In the Mountains of Madness\u00a0<\/em>places Lovecraft and his work in a cultural context, as an artist more in tune with our time than his own. Much of the literary work on Lovecraft tries to place him in relation to Poe or M.R. James or Arthur Machen; these ideas have little meaning for most contemporary readers. In his provocative new book,\u00a0Poole\u00a0reclaims the true essence of Lovecraft in relation to the comics of Joe Lansdale, the novels of Stephen King, and some of the biggest blockbuster films in contemporary America, proving the undying influence of this rare and significant figure.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0W.\u00a0Scott\u00a0Poole<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Poole,<\/a>W.\u00a0Scott\u00a0Poole, who teaches at the College of Charleston, has written widely about American history, horror, and pop culture. His books include\u00a0Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror\u00a0<\/em>and his award-winning history\u00a0Monsters in America<\/em>, which received the John G. Cawelti prize from the Popular Culture Association and was named among the \u201cBest of the Best\u201d by the AAUP for 2011.\u00a0Poole\u00a0is a regular contributor to Popmatters and his work has appeared in the Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, and Killing the Buddha.<\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
\nTime<\/strong>: 5:30\u00a0p.m.
\nLocation<\/strong>: Lownes Room, John Hay\u00a0Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:30\u00a0p.m. in the Lownes Room\u00a0of the John Hay\u00a0Library,\u00a0W. Scott Poole will give a reading from his new book,\u00a0In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft. A discussion will follow the reading.\u00a0This event is free and open to the public. The book will be … Event | In the Mountains of Madness: A Reading with Author W. Scott Poole<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34,35,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events","category-exhibits-events-special-collections","category-general-interest","category-hay","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}