Joseph Curwen

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Joseph Curwen is a sinister 18th-century sorcerer and necromancer whose dark legacy drives the occult horrors in H. P. Lovecraft’s novel "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward."

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Joseph Curwen canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
fictional character
necromancer
sorcerer
alignment malevolent
appearsIn The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
associatedWith Charles Dexter Ward
Cthulhu Mythos
Yog-Sothoth
belongsTo fictional necromancers in literature
centuryActive 18th century
creator H. P. Lovecraft
deathPlace Providence, Rhode Island
familyRelation ancestor of Charles Dexter Ward
firstAppearance The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
genre cosmic horror
weird fiction
hasLegacy occult horrors in Providence
hasReputation feared in Providence
mysterious
sinister
influences Charles Dexter Ward
inspiredBy New England folklore
inUniverseStatus presumed dead
isPartOf Cthulhu Mythos characters
linked to: Cthulhu Mythos

Lovecraftian horror
linked to: Cthulhu Mythos
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod early 20th-century American literature
medium novel
methodOfSurvival occult means of returning to life
nationality American
notableFor necromantic rituals
occult experiments
seeking immortality
occupation necromancer
sorcerer
performs grave robbing
human experimentation
residence Providence, Rhode Island
setting colonial New England
themeInvolvement forbidden knowledge
hereditary evil
identity
uses alchemy
forbidden knowledge
resurrection rituals

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Dexter Ward relative Joseph Curwen
Charles Dexter Ward ancestor Joseph Curwen
The Haunted Palace featuresCharacter Joseph Curwen