Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre

Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre  

Dust-jacket illustration by Smith-Wollin Studios and Frank Utpatel for Dark of the Moon
Author(s) edited by August Derleth
Cover artist Smith-Wollin Studios and Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) fantasy, horror, poetry
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1947
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xvi, 418 pp
ISBN NA
OCLC Number 1298843

Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre is a poetry anthology edited by August Derleth and published in 1947 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,634 copies[1]. It is a pioneering[2] anthology of weird poetry from the Middle Ages to the present, arranged chonologically[3].

Contents

Poets included in Dark of the Moon

Publication history

Notes

  1. ^ Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, Inc.. p. 24. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  2. ^ Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House. p. 42. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  3. ^ Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. p. 63. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4. 

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