| Creator H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) |
| Profession Short story writer, Editor, Novelist, Poet |
| Total Entries 20 |
| Articles We Can’t Ignore H.P. Lovecraft’s White Supremacy – Literary Hub H. P. Lovecraft and the Modernist Grotesque – Sean Elliot Martin via Duquesne.edu Lovecraft & Hokusai – Deep Cuts |
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H.P. Lovecraft was both a founding father of modern horror and a deeply committed racist, a symbolic portent of the general disregard the genre would have, for most of its history, for creators and performers of color. The HBO series “Lovecraft Country,” created by Misha Green and based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, aimed to pull off a clever trick: to use Lovecraft’s themes (ancient cults, the cost of magic) and aesthetics (creeping dread, oozing monsters) to create a heroic narrative about the very race of people he so grossly reviled, and in the process expand the Black horror canon. ~ The Unintended Racial Horror of ‘Lovecraft Country’ – New York Times
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