Re: Lovecraft's Burial
Posted by:
Roger (IP Logged)
Date: 29 July, 2008 04:20PM
Scott Connors Wrote:
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> Lovecraft was a traditionalist, and would have
> wanted his remains interred besides those of his
> parents. His aunt, Annie Gamwell, was responsible
> for the arrangements, and I suspect that cremation
> was simply not something that was "done" by her
> sort of people. She also had a clergyman
> officiate at the service, which I am surprised
> didn't cause HPL to get up out of his casket and
> say "Excuse me...." (Of course, if he did do
> that, then just maybe he might have agreed that
> the presence of clergy might not be such a bad
> idea....)
>
> Scott
Thanks Scott, that certainly makes perfect sense now. So much for oblivion!
I picked up a fanzine recently, having no idea it was one of yours: Kappa Alpha Tau (Vol 2, No 3) with a great CAS photo cover. Your article on why it's so important to publish HPL as he intended, word for word, was enlightening and entertaining. The importance of the corrected texts seem clearer to me now. The other contents were also superb. I wish I had more issues of this!
Roger