Beetz, Kirk. "H. P. Lovecraft: 18901937." In Popular World Fiction: 1900Present, vol. 3, edited by Walton Beacham and Suzanne Niemeyer.

Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1987. Repeats some of what is said in the present article but offers indepth discussions of "The Dunwich Horror" and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, as well as The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

Carter, Lin. Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos. New York: Ballantine, 1972. Describes the Mythos.

de Camp, L. Sprague. Lovecraft: A Biography. New York: Doubleday, 1975.

This standard biography by an admirer of Lovecraft, features sensitive criticism as well as biographical detail.

De Camp's reflections on Lovecraft's amateurism are particularly cogent.

Derleth, August. "H. P. Lovecraft and His Work," in The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft. New York: Lancer, 1969. An introduction to a collection of Lovecraft's stories, it is one writer's tribute to a friend, offering insight into Lovecraft's...