Literature: August Derleth and Arkham House

VITAL SIGNSrnLITERATURErnAugust Derleth andrnArkham Housernby Peter RuberrnAugust Derleth was one of the principalrnforees that established sciencernfiction as a legitimate literary genre. Hernwas a product of the "pulp" era, whornfounded a unique publishing companyrnin 1939 called Arkham House. He hadrnno long-range agenda for his progenyrnother than to rescue the writings . . .