DREAM-QUEST : STRUCTURES

TABLE A : Structure of a tale 

Incentive 

 Ordeal

 Result 

Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvelous city, and three times was he snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. 

THE QUEST 
Carter's adventures from the Gates of Sleep to the Island of Unwholesome Secrets and to Kadath 

For know you, that your gold and marble city of wonder is only the sum of what you have seen and loved in youth.



TABLEAU B : WRITING  

A. Dream-Quest  The maddening need to place again what once had been an awesome and momentous place ... only the sum of what you have seen and loved in youth.
B. The thing in the moon light Suddenly an unconquerable urge to write came over him, and taking pen in hand he wrote the following... My name is Howard Phillips. I live at 66 College Street in Providence.
C. Celephais    

 

TABLEAU C

TOPOGRAPHY OF THE QUEST 1  
Waking life  T.0  
The Gates of sleep  T.1  Zin T.11
The Enchanted Wood T.2 Koth T.12
Nir T.3 Kiran T.13
Ulthar T.4 Thran T.14
Dylath-Leen T.5

Celephais T.15 
A matrix 

The Hidden Face of the Moon T.6 Inquanok T.16
Baharna T.7 Leng T.17
Ngranek T.8 Sarkomand T.18 
Pnoth Valley T.9 Island and Unwholesome Secrets T.19
Pick of Throk T.10 Unknown Kadath
  Possible return to Waking Life : Boston  = T.0 or to the Void... 

TABLEAU D

TOPOGRAPHY OF THE QUEST 2

PROGRESSION


DIGRESSION (Abductions)

(1)
(T.1) - T.2 - T.3 - T.4  
          
(7)
 
T.5 (2) 
(4)
(3)T.6 
(5) T.7 - T.8  (6) 
T.9 - T.10 - T.11 - T.12 
(8)
T.13 - T.14 - T.15 
 
(9) 
T.16 
(10) 
T.17 - T.18 - T.19 
(marvelous sunset city)  KADATH 


TABLEAU E 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following bibliography is compiled from many sources, some of them online, not the least of which is the 
H. P. Lovecraft Archive.
 
 
Et s'il s'agissait d'une photo de Fernando Pessoa ? 
Title*  Date Written Date Published Notes
The Noble Eavesdropper 1897    
The Little Glass Bottle 1897    
The Secret Cave or John Lee's Adventure 1898    
The Mystery of the Graveyard 1898    
The Haunted House 1898/1902    
The Secret of the Grave 1898/1902    
John, the Detective 1898/1902    
The Mysterious Ship 1902    
The Beast in the Cave 21 Apr 1905 June 1918
The Vagrant, No. 7 , 113-20.
 
The Picture 1907    
The Alchemist 1908 November 1916
The United Amateur, 16, No. 4, 53-57.
his first publication
The Tomb T17b Jun 1917 March 1922
The Vagrant, No. 14, 50-64.
this story marks his return to writing fiction
Dagon  T17a  Jul 1917 November 1919
The Vagrant, No. 11, 23-29.
 
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson 1917    
Sweet Ermengarde 1917    
Polaris T18  May? 1918 December 1920
The Philosopher, 1, No. 1 , 3-5.
 
The Mystery of Murdon Grange 1918    
The Green Meadow 1918/19 Spring 1927
The Vagrant, 188-95.
with Winifred V. Jackson
Beyond the Wall of Sleep T18  1919 October 1919
Pine Cones, 1, No. 6, 2-10.
 
Memory 1919 June 1919
The United Co-operative, 1, No. 2, 8.
 
Old Bugs 1919    
The Transition of Juan Romero 16 Sep 1919 Marginalia. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944, 276-84.  

The White Ship 
T19c 

Nov 1919 November 1919
The United Amateur, 19, No. 2, 30-33.
 

The Doom That Came to Sarnath 
T19b 

3 Dec 1919 June 1920
The Scot, No. 44, 90-8.
 

The Statement of Randolph Carter T19c

Dec 1919 May 1920
The Vagrant, No. 13, 41-48.
 

The Terrible Old Man T20g

28 Jan 1920 July 1921
The Tryout, 7, No. 4, 10-14.
 

The Tree T20h

1920 October 1921
The Tryout, 7, No. 7, 3-10.
 

The Cats of Ulthar 
T20B 

15 Jun 1920 November 1920
The Tryout, 6, No. 11, 3-9.
 
The Temple  T20f  1920 September 1925
Weird Tales, 6, No. 3, 329-36, 429-31.
 
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 1920 March 1921
The Wolverine, No. 9, 3-11.
 
The Street  1920? December 1920
The Wolverine, No. 8, 2-12.
 
Life and Death 1920?   lost
Poetry and the Gods 1920 September 1920
The United Amateur, 20, No. 1, 1-4.
with Anna Helen Crofts

Celephais  
T20c 

early Nov 1920 May 1922
The Rainbow, No. 2, 10-12.
 

From Beyond T20d 

16 Nov 1920 June 1934
The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 10, 147-51, 160.
 
Nyarlathotep early Dec 1920 November 1920
The United Amateur, 20, No. 2, 19-21.
Publication delayed (probably)

The Picture in the House T20e 

12 Dec 1920 July 1919
The National Amateur, 41, No. 6, 246-49.
Publication delayed until 1921  

The Crawling Chaos 

1920/21 April 1921
The United Co-operative, 1, No. 3, 1-6.
with Winifred V. Jackson
Ex Oblivione 1920/21 March 1921
The United Amateur, 20, No. 4, 59-60.
 

The Nameless City 
T21c

Jan 1921 November 1921
The Wolverine, No. 11, 3-15.
 

The Quest of Iranon T21f 

28 Feb 1921 July-August 1935
The Galleon, 1, No. 5, 12-20.
 

The Moon-Bog 
T21a

Mar 1921 June 1926
Weird Tales, 7, No. 6, 805-10.
 

The Outsider 
T21e 

1921 April 1926
Weird Tales, 7, No. 4, 449-53.
 

The Other Gods
T21d

14 Aug 1921 November 1933
The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 3, 35-38.
 

The Music of Erich Zann 

Dec 1921 March 1922
The National Amateur, 44, No. 4, 38-40.
 

Herbert West  Reanimator T21-22a 

Sep 1921-mid 1922 February-July 1922
Home Brew, 1, No. 1 (February 1922), 19-25; 1, No. 2 (March 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 3 (April 1922), 21-26; 1, No. 4 (May 1922), 53-58; 1, No. 5 (June 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 6 (July 1922), 57-62.
 

Hypnos T22b 

Mar 1922 May 1923
The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 1-3.
 
What the Moon Brings 5 Jun 1922 May 1923
The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 9.
 
Azathoth Jun 1922 1938
Leaves, 2: 107.
 
The Horror at Martin's Beach Jun 1922 November 1923
Weird Tales, 2, No. 4, 75-76, 83.
with Sonia H. Greene
The Hound T22a Sep 1922 February 1924
Weird Tales, 3, No. 2, 50-52, 78.
 

The Lurking Fear
T22

Nov 1922 January-April 1923
Home Brew, 2, No. 6 (January 1923), 4-10; 3, No. 1 (February 1923), 18-23; 3, No. 2 (March 1923), 31-37, 44, 48; 3, No. 3 (April 1923), 35-42.
 

The Rats in the Walls T23b 

Aug-Sep 1923 March 1924
Weird Tales, 3, No. 3, 25-31.
 

The Unnamable T23c

Sep 1923 July 1925
Weird Tales, 6, No. 1, 78-82.
 
Ashes 1923 March 1924
Weird Tales, 3, No. 3: 22-24.
with C. M. Eddy, Jr.
The Ghost-Eater 1923 April 1924
Weird Tales, 3, No. 4, 72-75.
with C. M. Eddy, Jr.
The Loved Dead 1923 May-July 1924
Weird Tales, 4, No. 2, 54-57.
with C. M. Eddy, Jr.

The Festival 
T23a

Oct 1923 January 1925
Weird Tales, 5, No. 1, 169-74.
 
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind 1924? April 1925
Weird Tales, 5, No. 4, 25-30, 177-79.
with C. M. Eddy, Jr.

Imprisoned with the Pharaohs 
T4a

Feb-Mar 1924 May 1924
Weird Tales
ghost-written for Harry Houdini
reprinted July 1939 as Under the Pyramids.

The Shunned House T24b 

16-19 Oct 1924 The Shunned House, Athol, MA: The Recluse Press, 1928, 9-59.  

The Horror at Red Hook 
T25b 

1-2 Aug 1925 January 1927
Weird Tales, 9, No. 1, 59-73.
 

He
T25a 

11 Aug 1925 September 1926
Weird Tales, 8, No. 3, 373-80.
 

In the Vault 
T25c 

18 Sep 1925 November 1925
The Tryout, 10, No. 6, 3-17.
 
The Descendant 1926? 1938
Leaves, 2, 107-10.
 

Cool Air 
T26b 

Mar 1926 March 1928
Tales of Magic and Mystery, 1, No. 4, 29-34.
 

The Call of Cthulhu
T26a

Summer 1926 February 1928
Weird Tales, 11, No. 2, 159-78, 287.
 
Two Black Bottles Jul-Oct 1926 August 1927
Weird Tales, 10, No. 2, 251-58.
with Wilfred Blanch Talman

Pickman's Model 
T26c 

1926 October 1927
Weird Tales, 10, No. 4, 505-14.
 

The Silver Key 
T26d 

1926 January 1929
Weird Tales, 13, No. 1, 41-49, 144.
 

The Strange High  House in the Mist 
T26e 

9 Nov 1926 October 1931
Weird Tales, 18, No. 3, 394-400.
 

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Autumn? 1926-22 Jan 1927 Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1943, 76-134.  

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 
T27-28a 

Jan-1 Mar 1927 May and July 1941
Weird Tales, 35, No. 9 (May 1941), 8-40; 35, No. 10 (July 1941), 84-121.
Originally titled The Madness Out of Time

The Colour Out of Space 
T27e

Mar 1927 September 1927
Amazing Stories, Vol. 2, No. 6, 557-67.
Lovecraft considered this to be his masterpiece
The Very Old Folk 2 Nov 1927    
The Last Test 1927 November 1928
Weird Tales, 12, No. 5, 625-56.
with Adolphe de Castro
History of the Necronomicon 1927 A History of the Necronomicon, Oakman, AL: The Rebel Press, 1938, 2-4.  
The Curse of Yig 1928 November 1929
Weird Tales, 14, No. 5, 625-36.
with Zealia Bishop
Ibid 1928    

The Dunwich Horror 
T28a 

Summer 1928 April 1929
Weird Tales, 13, No. 4, 481-508.
 
The Electric Executioner 1929? August 1930
Weird Tales, 16, No. 2, 223-36.
with Adolphe de Castro
The Mound Dec 1929-early 1930 November 1940
Weird Tales, 35, No. 6, 98-120.
with Zealia Bishop
Medusa's Coil May 1930 January 1939
Weird Tales, 33, No. 1, 26-53.
with Zealia Bishop

The Whisperer in Darkness 
T30a 

24 Feb-26 Sep 1930 August 1931
Weird Tales, 18, No. 1, 32-73.
 

At the Mountains of Madness 
T31b 

Feb-22 Mar 1931 February-April 1936
Astounding Stories, 16, No. 6 (February 1936), 8-32; 17, No. 1 (March 1936), 125-55; 17, No. 2 (April 1936), 132-50.
 

The Shadow Over Innsmouth 
T31a 

Nov?-3 Dec 1931 The Shadow over Innsmouth, Everett, PA: Visionary Publishing Co., 1936, 13-158.td>  
The Trap late 1931 March 1932
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 2, No. 1, 73-88.
with Henry S. Whitehead

The Dreams in the Witch-House 
T32a 

Jan-28 Feb 1932 July 1933
Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 86-111.
 
The Man of Stone 1932 October 1932
Wonder Stories, 4, No. 5, 440-45, 470.
with Hazel Heald
The Horror in the Museum Oct 1932 July 1933
Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 49-68.
with Hazel Heald

Through the Gates of the Silver Key 
T32b 

Oct 1932-Apr 1933 July 1934
Weird Tales, 24, No. 1, 60-85.
with E. Hoffmann Price
Winged Death 1933 March 1934
Weird Tales, 23, No. 3, 299-315.
with Hazel Heald
Out of the Aeons 1933 April 1935
Weird Tales, 25, No. 4, 478-96.
with Hazel Heald

The Thing on the Doorstep 
T33a 

21-24 Aug 1933 January 1937
Weird Tales, 29, No. 1, 52-70.
 
The Horror in the Burying-Ground 1933/35 May 1937
Weird Tales, 29, No. 5, 596-606.
with Hazel Heald
The Book late 1933? 1938
Leaves, 2: 110-12.
Fragment
The Tree on the Hill May 1934 September 1940
Polaris, 4-11.
with Duane W. Rimel
The Battle that Ended the Century Jun 1934   with R. H. Barlow

The Shadow Out of Time 
T34a 

Nov 1934-Mar 1935 June 1936
Astounding Stories, 17, No. 4, 110-54.
 
Till A' the Seas Jan 1935 Summer 1935
The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7.
with R. H. Barlow
Collapsing Cosmoses Jun 1935   with R. H. Barlow
The Challenge from Beyond Aug 1935   with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long
The Disinterment Sep 1935 Summer 1935
The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7.
with Duane W. Rimel
The Diary of Alonzo Typer Oct 1935 February 1938
Weird Tales, 31, No. 2, 152-66.
with William Lumley

The Haunter of the Dark 
T35b 

Nov 1935 December 1936
Weird Tales, 28, No. 5, 538-53.
dedicated to R. H. Barlow

In the Walls of Eryx 
T35a 

Jan 1936 October 1939
Weird Tales, 34, No. 4, 50-68.
with Kenneth Sterling
The Night Ocean Autumn? 1936 Winter 1936
The Californian, 4, No. 3, 41-56.
with R. H. Barlow

The Evil Clergyman 
T37a 

1937 April 1939
Weird Tales, 33, No. 4, 135-37.
may have been written Oct '33
* T + numbers are references in the text body. 

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