296: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward part 1 (advert free)
Added 2024-09-23 23:01:01 +0000 UTCWe are beginning our investigation into The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, which will run for five episodes. This is Lovecraft's longest work, perhaps more deserving of the description "novel" than At the Mountains of Madness or The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. Despite this, it is arguably the most overlooked of Lovecraft's major works. A shame, as this represents Lovecraft at his most Gothic, weaving a surprisingly subtle tale of witchcraft, necromancy, and dark family secrets.
As ever, we start out by discussing the origins and influences of the tale, before picking the story itself apart in search of gaming inspiration. We plan to conclude this run of episodes with a look into the various adaptations of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
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Links
Things we mention in this episode include:
Background and Influences
At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by HP Lovecraft
A Dreamer and a Visionary: HP Lovecraft in His Time by ST Joshi
I Am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft by ST Joshi
Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters by HP Lovecraft, ST Joshi, and David E Schultz
Lovecraft and a World in Transition by ST Joshi
The New Annotated HP Lovecraft, edited by Leslie Klinger
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by HP Lovecraft
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Dreams in the Witch House" by HP Lovecraft
The Return by Walter de la Mare
"Supernatural Horror in Literature" by HP Lovecraft
"Count Magnus" by MR James
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather
The New Annotated HP Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, edited by Leslie Klinger
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
Beyond the Wall of Sleep by HP Lovecraft
Collected Fiction, A Variorum Edition by HP Lovecraft
The Story
"The Thing on the Doorstep" by HP Lovecraft
"The Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Last Symbol by Dan Brown
"From Beyond" by HP Lovecraft
"The Dunwich Horror" by HP Lovecraft
"The Rats in the Walls" by HP Lovecraft
"The Festival" by HP Lovecraft
"Herbert West--Reanimator" by HP Lovecraft
"The Terrible Old Man" by HP Lovecraft
