Portrait of R.W. Chambers from The king in yellow


Title
Portrait of R.W. Chambers from The king in yellow
Description
A portrait of author R.W. Chambers from The king in yellow, by Robert W. Chambers. New York : F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. 316 p. ; 20 cm.
Date
1895
Original Format
excerpts
Extent
12cm x 19cm
Local Identifier
PS1284 .K5 1895
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Spatial
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Comments

Matt Reynolds May 30 2014

This portrait of R.W. Chambers is included in the 1895 edition of The King in Yellow owned by Joyner Library. The work is comprised of ten short stories that are intertwined with passages from a fictional play, The King in Yellow, which causes those who read it in its entirety to go insane. For those not in the know, this work has had wide ranging influence since its initial publication, from the writings of HP Lovecraft and August Derleth to countless references in games such as Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons and Dragons. Most recently, the work and associated mythos that it features has been woven into the storyline of the highly acclaimed HBO series True Detective. It has been interesting to see the resurgence of this fairly forgotten work which rivals the best writing from folks normally associated with the genre like Edgar Allen Poe.

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