"The Mountains of Madness"

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:14 pm

Spoilers I guess!

I'm doing my final project (ever) in English on the genius Lovecraft's imagination and I need to know the name of the city found in "The Mountains of Madness." I scoured the internet for it, but I couldn't find anything, and since the project is due this friday I can't reread the story.

Can anyone tell me the name of the city?
Thank you in advance.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:00 pm

He never gives the name of the city. Insinuations brought down by the ages are all he can seemingly relate the city to. These comparisons are "-beyond doubt the unknown archetype of that dreaded Kadath in the Cold Waste beyond abhorrent Leng, whereof unholy primal legends hint evasively." p.103 AH corrected sixth printing -At The Mountains Of Madness, HPL / 1931

Hope that helps.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:42 am

It doesn't have one - and it's not Kadath, Kadath is a mountain. I did an essay on "At The Mountains of Madness" for English Literature once, but it was a critical essay on the writing style, though.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:45 am

Jesus Prime,

The Mountain of Madness? That's right he never does name the city. But still he alludes to the name of the mountain containing the city.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:48 am

I'll flick through it again later, I can't recall. I think he compares it to Leng, but I don't think he explicitly calls it Leng.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:50 am

Jesus Prime,

I've listed the page # for you above.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:55 am

Cheers anyway, but mine's a different printing, it's the Penguin Modern Classics edition with S.T. Joshi's annotations.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:08 am

Ahh, that's why I listed the edition i had. I know there's alot floatin round. Those are the most recent right? I think I was looking through those editions august of 05 in the Browns University gift shop in Providence RI. I visited the building where they house the copies of HPs letters as well. It's only an hour away from where I live so every year on or around Lovecraft's birthday I take a trip to Providence have a bite to eat and a few drinks. It's a cool little town. Cool used book shops too. Myopic Books, etc.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:10 am

Yeah, they're out in the past few years, and they use a lot of original autograph manuscripts to transcribe the tales.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:20 am

I may have to expand my Lovecraft library and check out these most recent editions. One thing that's a disappointment is the artwork for the covers. It's like the publishers or someone is'nt taking the stories serious enough to present these works with more mature artwork. The Penguin editions seem to be vaguely demostrative of the literature within and the Arkham House releases are so cheesy with their depictions. Except maybe the eighth corrected edition of The Dunwich Horror And Others.

It's a shame the cover artwork dose'nt measure up to the stories within because packaging and presentation make it so much more pleasurable possessing these fine stories.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:11 pm

The three Penguin Modern Classics have pretty decent covers, they're altered photographs. I think the cover for "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Wierd Stories" is the best of the three, but the others are decent enough. But I agree, a lot of the others are dire. I think E.A. Lovecraft has a picture somewhere of the most horrifying cover I have ever seen.

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:42 pm

Enkil,

So your a fellow New Englander. Hello from Salem and Gloucester.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:46 pm

You know there's a New Ireland?

Erich Zann · Post by **Erich Zann** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:20 pm

Jesus Prime,

I did not.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:26 pm

It's a Pacific island.