Samuel Loveman
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Samuel Loveman was a American poet, critic, and dramatist. His exotic and imaginative verse included 1926's the Hermaphrodite and Other Poems and 1944's the Sphinx (which appeared in The Recluse published by Paul W. Cook. His friends included Ambrose Bierce
, Allen Tate
, Hart Crane
, H. P. Lovecraft
, Clark Ashton Smith
and George Sterling
. Loveman functioned as executor of Hart Crane's estate. A collection of Loveman's work, edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schulz, was published in 2004 as Out of the Immortal Night: Selected Works of Samuel Loveman.
Lovecraft's story "The Statement of Randolph Carter
" was based on a dream he had, which included Loveman who became Harley Warren
in the story.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist...
, Allen Tate
Allen Tate
John Orley Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.-Life:...
, Hart Crane
Hart Crane
-Career:Throughout the early 1920s, small but well-respected literary magazines published some of Crane’s lyrics, gaining him, among the avant-garde, a respect that White Buildings , his first volume, ratified and strengthened...
, H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
, Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
and George Sterling
George Sterling
George Sterling was an American poet based in California who, during his time, was celebrated in Northern California as one of the greatest American poets, although he never gained much fame in the rest of the United States.-Biography:Sterling was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, the...
. Loveman functioned as executor of Hart Crane's estate. A collection of Loveman's work, edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schulz, was published in 2004 as Out of the Immortal Night: Selected Works of Samuel Loveman.
Lovecraft's story "The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Statement of Randolph Carter
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920...
" was based on a dream he had, which included Loveman who became Harley Warren
Harley Warren
Harley Warren is a mysterious occultist who appears in H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Statement of Randolph Carter" as a friend of Carter . He apparently perishes while exploring an underground crypt in Big Cypress Swamp, leaving Carter above, unharmed but mentally shaken...
in the story.