"Celephaïs" is a fantasy story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early November 1920 and first published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy The year 1920 in literature involved some significant events and new books
The title refers to a fictional city that later appears in H. P. Lovecraft´s Dream Cycle, including his novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926). Fictional locations are places that exist only in Fiction and not in reality Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy The Dream Cycle is one of the three major categories of the fictional works of H A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a Novella by H P Lovecraft. The year 1926 in literature involved some significant events and new books
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Inspiration
Like many of Lovecraft's stories, "Celephaïs" was inspired by a dream, recorded in his Commonplace Book as "Dream of flying over city. "[1]
The story resembles a tale by Lord Dunsany, "The Coronation of Mr. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany ( 24 July 1878 &ndash 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and Thomas Shap" in The Book of Wonder, in which the title character becomes more and more engrossed in his imaginary kingdom of Larkar until he is placed in a madhouse. The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish Fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major The imagery of the horses drifting off the cliff may derive from Ambrose Bierce's "A Horseman in the Sky" (1891). Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24 1842 &ndash 1914? was an American Editorialist Journalist, short-story writer and Satirist. [2]
Synopsis
In the story, Celephaïs is created in a dream by the hobo Kuranes, who slowly slips away to the dream-world. Hobo is a term that refers to a Subculture of wandering Homeless people particularly those who make a habit of hopping freight trains. Kuranes (also King Kuranes) is a Fictional character in H P Lovecraft 's Dream Cycle. After Kuranes dies, he became the king and chief god of the city. Homesick for his native Cornwall, Kuranes has dreamed parts of Celephaïs to resemble the land of his boyhood. Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar
The city
Celephaïs is situated in the valley of Ooth-Nargai beside the Cerenerian Sea. The Cerenerian Sea is a fictional place in H P Lovecraft 's Dream Cycle stories Its most remarkable feature is that there is no perception of time here; a person may leave Celephaïs and return many years later to find that nothing has changed.
Important landmarks in Celephaïs are the turquoise temple of Nath-Horthath and the Street of Pillars. Turquoise is an opaque blue-to-green Mineral that is a hydrous Phosphate of Copper and Aluminium, with the Chemical Nearby rises snow-capped Mount Aran, whose lower slopes are replete with ginkgo trees. Ginkgo is a genus of highly unusual non-flowering plants with one extant species G
Galleys from the port of Celephaïs go everywhere in the Dreamlands, but especially to the cloud-kingdom Serannian, reaching its harbor by sailing into the sky where the Cerenerian Sea meets the horizon. A galley (from Greek γαλέα - galea is an ancient Ship which can be propelled entirely by human oarsmen, used for Warfare The Dreamlands is a fictional location in the Dream Cycle of H Serannian is a fictional city in H P Lovecraft 's Dream Cycle and appears in such stories as " Celephaïs " and The Dream-Quest of Unknown
References
- Joshi, S. T.; David E. Sunand Tryambak Joshi (b 22 June 1958 in Pune, India) is an Indian American Literary Critic, and a leading Schultz (2001). An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-3133-1578-7.
- Lovecraft, Howard P.
- [1934] (1987) "Celephaïs", in S. T. Joshi (ed. ): Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, 9th corrected printing, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. ISBN 0-870-54039-4. Definitive version.
- [1926] (1985) "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", in S. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a Novella by H P Lovecraft. T. Joshi (ed. ): At the Mountains of Madness, and Other Novels, 7th corrected printing, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. ISBN 0-870-54038-6. Definitive version.
Notes
- ^ Cited in Joshi & Schultz, "Celephais", An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, p. 36.
- ^ Joshi & Schultz, p. 36.
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