1/7/2023 0 Comments Poe turmoil rewardsTo me, this is an untenable statement: Lovecraft, like every writer of fantasy and horror fiction subsequent to Poe, was necessarily influenced by the work of his predecessor - and to certain extent his work needs must be derivative in some slight sense. I shall not, therefore, repeat the usual recital of similarities to be found within their work - there will be no mention of black cats, revenants, or Antarctic settings per se.īut at the same time I have no intention of making a calculated bid for attention by deliberately asserting, as some have also declared, that no real resemblance exists aside from superficial employment of stock characters and themes common to virtually all stories in the genre. 1973)Ĭomparisons between Edgar Allan Poe and Howard Phillips Lovecraft are, I suppose, inevitable seemingly, in recent years they are also interminable.
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