Robert W. Chambers

Robert William Chambers ( born May 26, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York City; † December 13, 1933 in the Village of Broadalbin, New York) was an American painter and successful author of fantastic literature.

Quaint work

In Brooklyn Chambers turned to painting autodidact to; later, he studied painting in Paris. In 1893 he returned to America and worked in New York as an illustrator.

Literary work

Only later he began to write books. Until his death, he wrote about 70 novels, including The King in Yellow, which is considered as a bridge between Poe and the modern in fantastic literature.

Most of his novels have been quite successful at that time, but today they are almost unheard of.

  • In the Quarter ( 1894)
  • The King in Yellow ( 1895)
  • The Maker of Moons (1896 )
  • The Mystery of Choice ( 1896)
  • Lorraine ( 1897)
  • Ashes of Empire (1898 )
  • Outsiders · An Outline ( 1899)
  • Cardigan ( 1901)
  • Maids of Paradise (1902 ) - historical narrative about the Französ. - Preuss. war
  • In Search of the Unknown (1904 )
  • The Reckoning (1905 ) - historical narrative of the American Revolution
  • The Tree of Heaven ( 1907)
  • The Younger Set ( 1907) - illustrated by G. C. Wilmshurst
  • The Green Mouse ( 1907)
  • The Firing Line ( 1908)
  • Special Messenger (1909 )
  • The Danger Mark (1909 ) - illustrated by A. B. Wenzell
  • Ailsa Paige (1910 )
  • The Common Law (1911 )
  • Blue -Bird Weather ( 1912) - illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
  • The Streets of Ascalon (1912 )
  • The Gay Rebellion (1913 )
  • Anne 's Bridge ( 1914)
  • Quick Action (1914 )
  • The Hidden Children (1914 )
  • Athalie (1915 )
  • Who Goes There! (1915 )
  • Police! (1915 )
  • The Girl Philippa (1916 )
  • The Little Red Foot (1920 )
  • The Slayer of Souls (1920 )
  • The Talkers (1923 )
  • America. Or: The Sacrifice · A Romance of the American Revolution ( 1924)
  • Beating wings (1928)
  • To the Stars ( March 1933 ) - Article at Cosmopolitan
  • The Yellow Sign and Other Stories: The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers (2001, ed v. ST Joshi ) - collection of his horror and fantasy stories

Children's books (all before 1907 ):

  • Garden - Country
  • Forest Land
  • River Country
  • Mountain Country
  • Orchard Country
  • Outdoor Land

Effect on other authors

Elements from the King in Yellow are sold by Marion Zimmer Bradley (see Darkover novels ) and HP Lovecraft taken.

Lovecraft used the motif of a supernatural being, as it represents Chambers' The King in Yellow, in many of his works - and continues to the end of his essay History and Chronology of the Necronomicon following Hommage à Chambers, " is from the rumors about this book [ the Necronomicon ] Robert W. Chambers have related the incident to his early novel the King in Yellow. "

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