S.T. Joshi - Revision history

Ywhateley: Added wikilinks.

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Added wikilinks.

Cthothcraft at 08:14, 9 June 2017

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Tgaitskell: /* Social criticism */

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‎Social criticism

Tgaitskell at 09:58, 25 February 2015

2015-02-25T09:58:39Z

Evans: Thought I should add this as well

2008-12-20T19:54:57Z

Thought I should add this as well

Evans: Sorry forgot to add that

2008-12-20T19:51:36Z

Sorry forgot to add that

Evans: Gathering material from the other S.T Joshi article at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/S._T._Joshi

2008-12-20T19:49:44Z

Gathering material from the other S.T Joshi article at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/S._T._Joshi

Squashua at 19:39, 31 January 2006

2006-01-31T19:39:44Z

PoC at 11:41, 11 January 2006

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PoC at 11:40, 11 January 2006

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 ==Literary criticism==
-His literary criticism is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant worldviews of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of horror and fantasy (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany|Baron Dunsany]], [[M. R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.
+His literary criticism is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant worldviews of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of horror and fantasy (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany|Baron Dunsany]], [[M.R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.
 Joshi is the editor of the small-press literary journals ''Lovecraft Studies'' and ''Studies in Weird Fiction.''
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 *''The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories'' by H. P. Lovecraft (2005).
 *''The Terror and Other Tales'' by Arthur Machen (2005).
-*''Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories'' by M. R. James (2006).
+*''Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories'' by M.R. James (2006).
-*''The Haunted Doll's House and Other Ghost Stories'' by M. R. James (2006).
+*''The Haunted Doll's House and Other Ghost Stories'' by M.R. James (2006).
 *''In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice Against Women'' (2006).
 *''H.P. Lovecraft Collected Essays'' Volumes 1-5 (2004-2006).
-*''Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. James'' (with Rosemary Pardoe, 2007).
+*''Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M.R. James'' (with Rosemary Pardoe, 2007).
 *''The Agnostic Reader'' (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007).
 *''American Supernatural Tales'' (Penguin Books, 2007).

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 *''American Supernatural Tales'' (Penguin Books, 2007).
-===External links===
+Original Wiki source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
-Original Wiki source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
+==External links==
 [[Category:Writers|Joshi, S. T.]]

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 ==Social criticism==
-In addition to literary criticism, Joshi has also edited books on [[atheism]] and race relations, including ''Documents of American Prejudice'' ([[1999]]), an annotated collection of American [[racist]] writings; and ''Atheism: A Reader'' ([[2000]]), which collects atheistic writings by such people as [[Antony Flew]], [[George Eliot]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Gore Vidal]] and [[Carl Sagan]] among others. Joshi is also the author of ''God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They are Wrong'' ([[2003]]), an anti-religious polemic against various writers including [[C.S. Lewis]], [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[William F. Buckley]], [[William James]], [[Stephen L. Carter]], [[Annie Dillard]], [[Reynolds Price]], [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], [[Guenter Lewy]], [[Neale Donald Walsch]] and [[Jerry Falwell]].
+In addition to literary criticism, Joshi has also edited books on atheism and race relations, including ''Documents of American Prejudice'' (1999), an annotated collection of American racist writings; and ''Atheism: A Reader'' (2000), which collects atheistic writings by such people as [[Antony Flew]], [[George Eliot]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Gore Vidal]] and [[Carl Sagan]] among others. Joshi is also the author of ''God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They are Wrong'' (2003), an anti-religious polemic against various writers including [[C.S. Lewis]], [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[William F. Buckley]], [[William James]], [[Stephen L. Carter]], [[Annie Dillard]], [[Reynolds Price]], [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], [[Guenter Lewy]], [[Neale Donald Walsch]] and [[Jerry Falwell]].
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 In 2006 he published ''The Angry Right: Why Conservatives Keep Getting It Wrong'', which criticised the political writings of such commentators as [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], [[Russell Kirk]], [[David Limbaugh|David]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Ann Coulter]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [[William Bennett]], [[Gertrude Himmelfarb]] and [[Irving Kristol|Irving]] and [[William Kristol]], arguing that, despite the efforts of right-wing polemicists, the values of the American people have become steadily more liberal over time.

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-'''Sunand Tryambak Joshi''' (b. [[22 June]] [[1958]] in [[Pune]], [[India]]) is an [[Indian American]] literary scholar, and a leading figure in the study of [[H.P. Lovecraft |Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] and other authors.  Besides what some critics consider to be the definitive [[biography]] of Lovecraft (''H. P. Lovecraft: A Life'', [[1996]]), Joshi has written about [[Ambrose Bierce]], [[H. L. Mencken |Henry Louis Mencken]], and [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and has edited collections of their works.
+'''Sunand Tryambak Joshi''' (b. 22 June 1958 in Pune, India) is an Indian American literary scholar, and a leading figure in the study of [[H.P. Lovecraft |Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] and other authors.  Besides what some critics consider to be the definitive biography of Lovecraft (''H. P. Lovecraft: A Life'', 1996), Joshi has written about [[Ambrose Bierce]], [[Henry Louis Mencken]], and [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and has edited collections of their works.
 ==Literary criticism==
-His [[literary criticism]] is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant [[worldview]]s of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of [[horror fiction|horror]] and [[fantasy]] (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], Dunsany, [[M. R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.
+His literary criticism is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant worldviews of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of horror and fantasy (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany|Baron Dunsany]], [[M. R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.
 Joshi is the editor of the small-press literary journals ''Lovecraft Studies'' and ''Studies in Weird Fiction.''

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 *''God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong'' (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, [June] 2003).
 *''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (New York, NY: Hippocampus Press, 2004).
 ===External links===

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	'''Sunand Tryambak Joshi''' (b. [[22 June]] [[1958]] in [[Pune]], [[India]]) is an [[Indian American]] literary scholar, and a leading figure in the study of [[H.P. Lovecraft \|Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] and other authors. Besides what some critics consider to be the definitive [[biography]] of Lovecraft (''H. P. Lovecraft: A Life'', [[1996]]), Joshi has written about [[Ambrose Bierce]], [[H. L. Mencken \|Henry Louis Mencken]], and [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and has edited collections of their works.		'''Sunand Tryambak Joshi''' (b. [[22 June]] [[1958]] in [[Pune]], [[India]]) is an [[Indian American]] literary scholar, and a leading figure in the study of [[H.P. Lovecraft \|Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] and other authors. Besides what some critics consider to be the definitive [[biography]] of Lovecraft (''H. P. Lovecraft: A Life'', [[1996]]), Joshi has written about [[Ambrose Bierce]], [[H. L. Mencken \|Henry Louis Mencken]], and [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany]], and has edited collections of their works.
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		+	==Literary criticism==

	His [[literary criticism]] is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant [[worldview]]s of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of [[horror fiction\|horror]] and [[fantasy]] (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], Dunsany, [[M. R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.		His [[literary criticism]] is notable for its emphases upon readability and the dominant [[worldview]]s of the authors in question; his ''The Weird Tale'' looks at six acknowledged masters of [[horror fiction\|horror]] and [[fantasy]] (namely [[Arthur Machen]], [[Algernon Blackwood]], Dunsany, [[M. R. James]], Bierce and Lovecraft), and discusses their respective worldviews in depth and with authority. A follow-up volume, ''The Modern Weird Tale'', examines the work of modern writers including [[Shirley Jackson]], [[Ramsey Campbell]], [[Stephen King]], [[Robert Aickman]], [[Thomas Ligotti]], [[T.E.D. Klein]] and others, from a similar philosophically-oriented viewpoint. ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004) includes essays on [[Dennis Etchison]], [[L. P. Hartley]], [[E. F. Benson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[David J. Schow]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Poppy Z. Brite]] and others.

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 At the time of writing, Joshi is working towards the publication of the collected work of [[Clark Ashton Smith]] and [[George Sterling]], and Lovecraft’s ''Collected Essays''.
 In addition to literary criticism, Joshi has also edited books on [[atheism]] and race relations, including ''Documents of American Prejudice'' ([[1999]]), an annotated collection of American [[racist]] writings; and ''Atheism: A Reader'' ([[2000]]), which collects atheistic writings by such people as [[Antony Flew]], [[George Eliot]], [[Bertrand Russell]], [[Emma Goldman]], [[Gore Vidal]] and [[Carl Sagan]] among others. Joshi is also the author of ''God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They are Wrong'' ([[2003]]), an anti-religious polemic against various writers including [[C.S. Lewis]], [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[T.S. Eliot]], [[William F. Buckley]], [[William James]], [[Stephen L. Carter]], [[Annie Dillard]], [[Reynolds Price]], [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], [[Guenter Lewy]], [[Neale Donald Walsch]] and [[Jerry Falwell]].
-Joshi has stated that his most noteworthy achievements thus far have been the corrected texts of Lovecraft’s fiction and other works, his biography of Lovecraft, and ''The Weird Tale''.
+In 2006 he published ''The Angry Right: Why Conservatives Keep Getting It Wrong'', which criticised the political writings of such commentators as [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], [[Russell Kirk]], [[David Limbaugh|David]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Ann Coulter]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], [[William Bennett]], [[Gertrude Himmelfarb]] and [[Irving Kristol|Irving]] and [[William Kristol]], arguing that, despite the efforts of right-wing polemicists, the values of the American people have become steadily more liberal over time.
 ===Bibliography===

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	[http://www.necropress.com/stjoshi/ The Official S. T. Joshi Website]		[http://www.necropress.com/stjoshi/ The Official S. T. Joshi Website]

		+	Original Wiki source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]

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−	~~Original Wiki source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia~~]