Polaris

1918 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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Polaris

Summary

Polaris is a literary work[1]. Polaris ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polaris authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • Polaris's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Polaris's genre is horror literature[5].
  • Polaris's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].
  • Polaris's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Polaris's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • 1918 marks the founding of Polaris[9].
  • Polaris was released on December 1, 1920[10].
  • Polaris's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Polaris'}[11].
  • Polaris's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Into the north window of my chamber glows the Pole Star with uncanny light.'}[12].
  • Polaris's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And as I writhe in my guilty agony, frantic to save the city whose peril every moment grows, and vainly striving to shake off this unnatural dream of a house of stone and brick south of a sinister swamp and a cemetery on a low hillock; the Pole Star, even and monstrous, leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey.'}[13].
  • Polaris's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • Polaris's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • Polaris's form of creative work is recorded as short story[16].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 52cb1281-c3d5-44a0-a401-372b55480555[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Polaris authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].

Publication

Polaris was published on December 1, 1920[10]. Polaris's language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Polaris's genre is horror literature[5]. Polaris's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].

Subject and Themes

Polaris's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].

Why It Matters

Polaris ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2] Polaris has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Genre horror literature
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:پولارس (شارٹ اسٹوری)]]"
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