Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee

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Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee is a fictional early 20th-century professor of political economy at Miskatonic University who becomes the central victim of cosmic mind-exchange and lost-time phenomena in H. P. Lovecraft’s novella "The Shadow Out of Time."

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
professor
affiliation Miskatonic University faculty NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Shadow Out of Time NERFINISHED
associatedWith Great Race of Yith NERFINISHED
associatedWorkAuthor Howard Phillips Lovecraft NERFINISHED
centralThemeConnection cosmic horror
lost time
mind exchange
creator H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED
discovers physical evidence confirming his visions of the Great Race of Yith
educationRole academic researcher
employer Miskatonic University NERFINISHED
familyName Peaslee NERFINISHED
familyRelation father of Wingate Peaslee
fictionalStatus human being
fictionalUniverse Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork political economy
fullName Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee NERFINISHED
genre cosmic horror
givenName Nathaniel NERFINISHED
investigates ancient ruins in the Australian desert
languageOfWork English
laterLifeEvent partial recovery of original personality
literaryOrigin Weird Tales magazine publication of The Shadow Out of Time
medium novella
mentalHealthEvent sudden personality change following mind exchange
narrativeRole first-person narrator
protagonist
nationality American (fictional)
notableFor being mentally displaced across time by the Great Race of Yith
reconstructing his lost years through research and testimony
occupation professor of political economy
positionHeld professor at Miskatonic University
residence Arkham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
setting Arkham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
storyFunction vehicle for exploration of deep time and alien history
themeInvolvement human insignificance in the cosmos
identity loss
unreliable memory
timePeriod early 20th century
undergoes cosmic mind-exchange
episodes of amnesia
lost-time phenomena

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The Shadow Out of Time mainCharacter Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee