The Silver Key

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short story

"The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows Randolph Carter’s mystical attempt to reclaim the lost wonders of his childhood dreams.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Silver Key canonical	1
Through the Gates of the Silver Key	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	short story ⓘ
author	H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralMotif	magic key ⓘ regression to childhood ⓘ time travel ⓘ
characterOccupation	Randolph Carter: writer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalLocationFeatured	Arkham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ New England countryside ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	dream cycle fiction ⓘ fantasy ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse	Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ Lovecraft Dreamlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjectInTitle	silver key ⓘ
hasSequel	Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject	childhood dreams ⓘ metaphysical exploration ⓘ philosophical reflection on reality ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	weird fiction movement ⓘ
mainCharacter	Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
partOf	Lovecraft Dream Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph Carter stories ⓘ
protagonistAge	middle-aged ⓘ
publicationYear	1929 ⓘ
publisher	Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath NERFINISHED ⓘ The Statement of Randolph Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Through the Gates of the Silver Key NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Arkham NERFINISHED ⓘ New England NERFINISHED ⓘ dreamlands ⓘ
theme	dreams versus reality ⓘ escape from modernity ⓘ loss of childhood wonder ⓘ mystical journey ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath → relatedWork → The Silver Key ⓘ

this entity surface form: Through the Gates of the Silver Key