Curwen

A law known as Curwen's Act had been recently passed, condemning to a heavy fine in the event of failure, and to the loss of his seat in the event of success, any person giving, or promising to give, or consenting to give either money or office for a seat in

Historical and Political Essays William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1870

Others have supposed that the now vanished house of The identical Philip English, whose blood, as we have already noticed, became mingled with that of the Hawthornes, supplied the pattern; and still a third building, known as the Curwen mansion, has been declared the only genuine establishment.

The House of the Seven Gables 1851

Philip English, whose blood, as we have already noticed, became mingled with that of the Hawthornes, supplied the pattern; and still a third building, known as the Curwen mansion, has been declared the only genuine establishment.

House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

"Curwen," said Captain Jack, suddenly -- the two stood together at the helm on the afternoon of the same day, and the _Peregrine_ was once more alone, a speck upon the waste of waters, "I have made up my mind to return to Scarthey."

The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

To their credit neither Davis McCaughey nor Charlie Curwen ever mentioned this awful indiscretion, even though I am sure they laughed and laughed about it.

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

I have to say that the voice for Curwen was not just right, but perfect!

63 - Three Drink Memory Felbrigg 2009

One productive vein to work in "Ward" is the "Eden myth" of Lovecraft's utopian, antiquarian Providence with Curwen as its Serpent both in the past and present and Ward as its Adam.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007

Curwen is far and away the best villain in Lovecraft -- Wilbur Whateley is too pathetic, Asenath Waite is too camp, Herbert West is but a bravura cartoon, and the rest are deliberately opaque -- but he survives comparison with almost any other horror villain as well, up to and including Hannibal Lecter or Randall Flagg.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007

There are, of course, lots of weird little loose ends -- why were Curwen, Orne, et al. planning to re-animate Ben Franklin of all people? was the revenant from Number 118 Merlin or something even less human? what's with the werewolf sightings? and perhaps most of all, why is resurrecting zombie savants a relatively harmless activity as Lovecraftian hobbies go threatening to "all life and Nature"?

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007

There are probably dozens of them, judging by the long list of ones that we know about: the Curwen Effect, Re-Animation, the Ghoul effect, and the documented ability of many Necronomicon-trained sorcerors to possess the grave worms that have eaten their body and use them to reanimate the skin, just to name four that I can think of right off the top of my head.

Science News 2005