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> What are you two disagreeing about? I think we are both supporters of Lovecraft, but I just wanted to say that sometimes when his racism shows it isn't insig
by cjslep 11y ago
> What are you two disagreeing about?
I think we are both supporters of Lovecraft, but I just wanted to say that sometimes when his racism shows it isn't insignificant: to understand the fear he is applying the reader needs to know what racist people of that time feared (ex: voodo).
EDIT: To be clear, I am not trying to say ALL of his fear-invoking was through racism. In some stories during some of the buildup of terror, the reader might miss out if unaware.
- armitron 11y agoTotally misguided assumption and also entirely wrong. Read through his letters published by Arkham house instead of making up stories out of thin air. I suggest you start with Volume IV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Letters_of_H._P._Lovecraft_IV_(1932%E2%80%931934) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Letters_of_H._P._Love...)