Yep, everyone has said it already. HPL was a racist and had fears about sex. And it's very much not surprising given the time frame and location we was raised and his family environment. He might even be representative of a good portion of the population of the time, given his popularity.
However, that does not mitigate the huge impact HPL had on the horror genre. HPL is, I believe, the prime contributor to moving horror away from the theme of evil having some sort of innate supernatural source. From Lovecraft we get the "man messing around with things not meant to be known" and "conflicts alien/other intelligences" style of horror.
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Date: 2009-08-31 10:25 pm (UTC)However, that does not mitigate the huge impact HPL had on the horror genre. HPL is, I believe, the prime contributor to moving horror away from the theme of evil having some sort of innate supernatural source. From Lovecraft we get the "man messing around with things not meant to be known" and "conflicts alien/other intelligences" style of horror.