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Beyond the Wall of Sleep

short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep
H. P. Lovecraft · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Summary

Beyond the Wall of Sleep is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's genre is science fiction[5].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's genre is horror literature[6].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's genre is weird fiction[7].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's Commons category is recorded as Beyond the Wall of Sleep[8].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • 1919 marks the founding of Beyond the Wall of Sleep[11].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep was released on 1919[12].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep was published on October 1919[13].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's work available at URL is recorded as https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird_Tales/Volume_31/Issue_3/Beyond_the_Wall_of_Sleep[14].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep'}[15].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's different from is recorded as Beyond the Wall of Sleep[16].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I have often wondered if the majority of mankind ever pause to reflect upon the occasionally titanic significance of dreams, and of the obscure world to which they belong.'}[17].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'In a week or two it had visibly faded, and in the course of a few months it was hardly discernible with the naked eye.'}[18].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's epigraph is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I have an exposition of sleep come upon me.'}[21].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's epigraph is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'What strange, splendid yet terrible experiences came to the poor mountaineer in the hours of sleep?'}[22].
  • Beyond the Wall of Sleep's form of creative work is recorded as short story[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e6ecb8a6-5e16-49d1-8f83-31472e71cb79[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Beyond the Wall of Sleep authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].

Publication

Publication dates include 1919[12] and October 1919[13]. Beyond the Wall of Sleep's language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Genres include science fiction[5], horror literature[6], and weird fiction[7].

Why It Matters

Beyond the Wall of Sleep ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

H. P. Lovecraft literary work public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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