I honestly couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s hard to grapple with the dark legacies of people of such major influence on a genre—on a culture. I personally haven’t read any Lovecraft myself, but read many works influenced by him and am fascinated by the cosmic horror he helped pioneer. Shame he was such a bigot. I’m of the opinion that we have to grapple with both truths simultaneously, not reject one in light of the other as you so eloquently put.
I honestly couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s hard to grapple with the dark legacies of people of such major influence on a genre—on a culture. I personally haven’t read any Lovecraft myself, but read many works influenced by him and am fascinated by the cosmic horror he helped pioneer. Shame he was such a bigot. I’m of the opinion that we have to grapple with both truths simultaneously, not reject one in light of the other as you so eloquently put.
I enjoyed reading this! Thanks for sharing