The Very Old Folk. Roman Provincial Administration, Vascones, and Epigraphy in H. P. Lovecraft

On November 3, 1927, H. P. Lovecraft sent a letter to his friend Wandrei. He related a dream that had impressed him with its vivacity, about a threat haunting the mountains of the Vascones. Lovecraft as a quaestor, the provincial officials and a cohort of the Twelfth Legion were in the city of Pompe...

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Autor: Ozcáriz Gil, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/21152
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/21152
https://doi.org/10.34624/agora.v0i21.2224
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lovecraft
Vascones
Roman provincial administration
Pompelo
Calagurris
Hispania Citerior
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Sumario:On November 3, 1927, H. P. Lovecraft sent a letter to his friend Wandrei. He related a dream that had impressed him with its vivacity, about a threat haunting the mountains of the Vascones. Lovecraft as a quaestor, the provincial officials and a cohort of the Twelfth Legion were in the city of Pompelo to face it. The story allows an interesting analysis from multiple points of view: the choice of the names for the characters, the chosen date, the description of the celestial vault, the peculiarities of the Vascones or a real ancient inscription that could be behind the whole plot of the dream