Autobiographical Writings Author:H. P. Lovecraft Although HP Lovecraft never wrote a full-length autobiography his tens of thousands of letters are his true life-story - he was on several occasions asked to write brief accounts of his life, thoughts, and writings. These pieces -gathered from obscure amateur journals and unpublished manuscripts- are presented here in chronological order. They s... more »how Lovecraft evolving from a amateur poet and essayist with no thought of writing fiction to a revered master of the weird tale; and they also show Lovecraft fashioning a very precise image of himself as a rational, unemotional spectator of the tragi-comedy of existence. Included is the complete unadulterated text of his most important autobiographical essay, "Some notes on a Nonentity", published here for the first time. With introduction and notes by S.T. Joshi.« less