The Silver Key

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"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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The Silver Key canonical 4
Through the Gates of the Silver Key 1

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

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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath relatedWork Through the Gates of the Silver Key
linked to: The Silver Key
Dreamlands appearsIn The Silver Key
Randolph Carter appearsIn The Silver Key
Dream Cycle includesWork The Silver Key