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Preface
macabre,andthethemesofubiquitousdeathwithitsphysical
symptoms,oftheinfluenceofdrugsandalcoholonone’sperception
ofreality,ofmadness,andofblurringtheborderlinebetweenthe
dreamandtheawake.Lovecrafdreameduphisownmythology
withthepantheonofotherworldly,incrediblecreaturesendowed
withunearthlypowers.Theirprospectivereturn(bothindreams
andinreality)becomesthesourceofHcosmichorror”:irrationalfear
oftheunknown,theinconceivable,andtheunnamed,whichcomes
tolightwhenonefacesphenomenawhichcannotberationallyex-
plainedandhencemayengendermadness.Grabińskialsodeveloped
hismythologyofcosmic,greatmotion–withthecentralfigureof
theMotionDemon–andthemythologyoffirewiththecharactersof
elementals,RedMagda,andfire-bornspirits.ThePolishauthoruses
themotifsofparallelworlds(alsopresentinRay’sandLovecraf’s
oeuvres),andofdemonicwomen(reminiscentofPoe’sLigeia,More-
lla,Eleanor,andBerenice).Finally,JeanRay’sfictionischaracterized
bythethemesofblackmagic,occultism,demonology,cosmicfear
oftheunknown,forbiddenbooksbringingtomindtheLovecrafian
Necronomicon,andmysteriouscultsevocativeofbothLovecraf’s
andGrabiński’sworks.
Thispublicationaimsatexaminingthemysteriousparallelsshap-
ingtheworksofthefourwriters,aswellasshowingtheuniqueness
ofeachauthor’spersonalvisionoffantasticliteratureasagenre,
filledwithintertextualreferencestobothfantasticandmainstream
literature.Someinterdisciplinaryarticlesofthemonographconcen-
trateontheissuesarisingfromthetranslationoftheirfiction.
ThefirstgroupoftextsismostlyconcernedwithE.A.Poeand
H.P
.Lovecraf,andfarlesswithJ.Ray.
InhisarticleH‘Nonsilascialeggere’:ilmaleegliabissideltempo
inPoeeLovecraf,”FrancescoMarronipaintsthepictureofame-
tropolisasanabyssofevil,presentedinTheManoftheCrowdby
E.A.PoeandAttheMountainsofMadnessbyH.P
.Lovecraf,alsorefer-
ringtoPoe’sfiction.Inhisnovella,Lovecrafdescribesacityhidden
intheAntarctic:amythical,archaicworldofhorrorandbarbarity.
LucaAmbrogiani(HEmpty,WhiteApocalypse:TheSpatialand
LinguisticEndoftheWorldinEdgarAllanPoeandHowardPhil-
lipsLovecraf”)atemptstocomparePoe’sandLovecraf’sworks,
particularlytheirmethodsofliteraryinterpretation.
