"A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson" is a short story written in 1917 by Americanhorror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in the September 1917 issue of the United Amateur, under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit, Esq.[1]
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson at Wikisource
The story is a spoof of Lovecraft's antiquarian affectations. Littlewit, the narrator, is born August 20, 1690–200 years to the day before Lovecraft's birthdate—making him nearly 228 years old as he writes a memoir.
Critic Daniel Harms writes, "While not one of the most inspired of his pieces, it at least shows that HPL realized his pretensions... of being an older, cultured gentleman of an earlier era, and could make fun of himself."
References
^Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (2004). An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Hippocampus Press. p. 225. ISBN978-0974878911.
External links
The full text of A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson at Wikisource
A collection of public domain H. P. Lovecraft short fiction at Standard Ebooks
reminiscence, samuel, johnson, short, story, written, 1917, american, horror, fiction, writer, lovecraft, first, published, september, 1917, issue, united, amateur, under, pseudonym, humphrey, littlewit, lovecraftcountryunited, stateslanguageenglishgenre, fant. A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson is a short story written in 1917 by American horror fiction writer H P Lovecraft It was first published in the September 1917 issue of the United Amateur under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit Esq 1 A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson by H P LovecraftCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre s Fantasy humorPublished inUnited AmateurMedia typeshort storyPublication date1917Full textA Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson at WikisourceThe story is a spoof of Lovecraft s antiquarian affectations Littlewit the narrator is born August 20 1690 200 years to the day before Lovecraft s birthdate making him nearly 228 years old as he writes a memoir Critic Daniel Harms writes While not one of the most inspired of his pieces it at least shows that HPL realized his pretensions of being an older cultured gentleman of an earlier era and could make fun of himself References Edit Joshi S T Schultz David E 2004 An H P Lovecraft Encyclopedia Hippocampus Press p 225 ISBN 978 0974878911 External links Edit The full text of A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson at Wikisource A collection of public domain H P Lovecraft short fiction at Standard Ebooks A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Full text at The H P Lovecraft Archive A Reminiscence Of Dr Samuel Johnson public domain audiobook at LibriVox This article about a horror short story or stories published in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson amp oldid 1081955925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
