“A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”

David Simmons

“A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”

University of Northampton

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Abstract

In this article I examine the manner in which H.P. Lovecraft depicts the African subcontinent and its peoples in two of his short stories: “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” (1921) and “Under the Pyramids” (1924). Through close textual analysis I argue that Lovecraft’s fears of both non-Western peoples and the racial degeneracy that might arise as a result of miscegenation, indicate a writer who has been, at least partially, influenced by contemporary nationalist discourses that presented racial integration as a significant taboo.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Engagements 2.1
Subtitle of host publication	A Journal of Criticism and Theory
Editors	Steven Barfield, Dr Lawrence Phillips, Philip Tew
Publisher	UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies
Chapter	2
Pages	59-83
Number of pages	25
Volume	2
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780953801725
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2010

Publication series

Name	Critical Engagements
ISSN (Print)	1754-0984

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ISSN: 1754-0984

Keywords

Language and Literature
American Literature
Africa

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Simmons, D. (2010). “A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”. In S. Barfield, D. L. Phillips, & P. Tew (Eds.), Critical Engagements 2.1 : A Journal of Criticism and Theory (1 ed., Vol. 2, pp. 59-83). (Critical Engagements). UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies. http://www.lulu.com/gb/en/shop/philip-tew/critical-engagements-a-journal-of-criticism-and-theory-21/paperback/product-10638464.html

Simmons, David. / “A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”. Critical Engagements 2.1 : A Journal of Criticism and Theory . editor / Steven Barfield ; Dr Lawrence Phillips ; Philip Tew. Vol. 2 1. ed. UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, 2010. pp. 59-83 (Critical Engagements).

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“A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”. / Simmons, David.
Critical Engagements 2.1 : A Journal of Criticism and Theory . ed. / Steven Barfield; Dr Lawrence Phillips; Philip Tew. Vol. 2 1. ed. UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, 2010. p. 59-83 (Critical Engagements).

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Simmons D. “A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”. In Barfield S, Phillips DL, Tew P, editors, Critical Engagements 2.1 : A Journal of Criticism and Theory . 1 ed. Vol. 2. UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies. 2010. p. 59-83. (Critical Engagements).

“A certain resemblance”: negotiating Africa as abjection within and without in H.P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family” and “Under the Pyramids”

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