Meaning of Lovecraft Country | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The fictionalized universe populated by the supernatural beings of H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and that of other authors inspired by Lovecraft's works, especially the fictionalized version of New England.
2. Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe.
   informal, uncountable

Examples

“2009, Keith Herber, Miskatonic River Press, "New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley", →ISBN An anthology of six scenarios designed for use with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Set in Lovecraft Country, a fictional area of New England created by horror author H.P. Lovecraft.”

“Ramsay Campbell, who created a version of Lovecraft country in and around Liverpool, and Southern Gothic writer Fred Chappell.”

“It also established Miskatonic University and Arkham as key locations in Lovecraft Country”

“Very early, he started to create Lovecraft country; a geography of terror that came to include “witch-haunted Arkham” and “shadowed Innsmouth," places he describes in such minute detail that ingénues in Lovecraft lore, for almost a century now, have often assumed these places could be located on maps of Massachuesetts and set out in search of them.”

“Lovecraft's writing has inspired games as well: a popular role-playing game, The Call of Cthulhu, is set within Lovecraft country, the blend of fictional and real locales, mostly in New England, in which he set his tales.”

“Horror in Lovecraft Country: 2 Hours of Music for Lovecraftian Gaming”

“2020, Golden Goblin Press, "Children of Lovecraft Country", →ISBN Children of Lovecraft Country: Six Stories of Growing Up in Arkham, Kingsport, Dunwich, and Innsmouth.”

“When Resnais was on a lecture tour of America in 1972, he was enchanted to find himself deep in Lovecraft country, in gloomy Massachusetts.”

“And especially my wife Patricia, who spent weeks tramping with me through Lovecraft country”

“Mahnke lives with his family in the historic North Shore area of Boston, the very heart of Lovecraft Country and the epicenter of the Salem witch trials.”

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