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In the story, [[Celephaïs]] is created in a dream by the [[hobo]] [[Kuranes]], who slowly slips away to the dream-world. After Kuranes dies, he became the king and chief god of the city. Homesick for his native [[Cornwall]], Kuranes has dreamed parts of Celephaïs to resemble the land of his boyhood. |
In the story, [[Celephaïs]] is created in a dream by the [[hobo]] [[Kuranes]], who slowly slips away to the dream-world. After Kuranes dies, he became the king and chief god of the city. Homesick for his native [[Cornwall]], Kuranes has dreamed parts of Celephaïs to resemble the land of his boyhood. |
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Revision as of 22:43, 20 June 2015
"Celephaïs" is a fantasy story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early November 1920 and first published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow.
The title refers to a fictional city that later appears in H. P. Lovecraft´s Dream Cycle , including his novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926).
Inspiration
Like many of Lovecraft's stories, "Celephaïs" was inspired by a dream, recorded in his Commonplace Book as "Dream of flying over city."[1]
The story resembles a tale by Lord Dunsany, "The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap" in The Book of Wonder, in which the title character becomes more and more engrossed in his imaginary kingdom of Larkar until he is placed in a madhouse. The imagery of the horses drifting off the cliff may derive from Ambrose Bierce's "A Horseman in the Sky" (1891).[2]
Synopsis
In the story, Celephaïs is created in a dream by the hobo Kuranes, who slowly slips away to the dream-world. After Kuranes dies, he became the king and chief god of the city. Homesick for his native Cornwall, Kuranes has dreamed parts of Celephaïs to resemble the land of his boyhood.