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Dagon (novel)
''Dagon'' is a novel by author Fred Chappell published in 1968. The novel is a psychological thriller with supernatural elements, attempting to tell a Cthulhu Mythos story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic novel. It was awarded the Best Foreign Book of the Year prize by the French Academy in 1972. This early novel is one of the author's most widely read works. In ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'', it was praised as being "of a very high order ndprecise, dry elegance". Bibliography * Casey Clabough, "Fred Chappell's Cthulhu Appropriations: ''Dagon''", in ''Lovecraft Studies'', 44, pp. 113–118. References Further reading * * * * 1968 novels Psychological thriller novels Cthulhu Mythos novels {{1960s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997–2002. He attended Duke University. His 1968 novel ''Dagon'', which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic. His literary awards include the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Award. Bibliography Books Poetry * * ''Backsass'', LSU Press, 2004. * ''Bloodfire: A Poem'', LSU Press, 1978. * ''C'', LSU Press, 1993. * ''Castle Tzingal'', LSU Press, 1984. * ''Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle'', Iron Mountain Press, 1981. * ''Earthsleep: A Poem'', LSU Press, 1980. * ''Familiars'', LSU Press, 2014. * ''Family Gathering'', LS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |