Dr. Evans on folklore, horror, and Lovecraft

Dr. Timothy H. Evans, associate professor of folk studies, has been researching Lovecraft and his relationship to folklore, a vast relationship encompassing the folkloric influences on Lovecraft and the subculture his writings spawned.

“I was a fan of Lovecraft when I was a teenager. I liked his stories a lot, but I read them all, then I moved on to other things. Then in the mid 90’s, a new biography was published, and I read that and it revived my interest.”

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