Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.
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My guess is that it’s hard to separate his setting, and the aura of fear of the vast unknown, from his xenophobia. There’ll always be trace elements of his mindset there, or weird dead spots where the interpretation avoids something everyone knows is there, unless one specifically acknowledges and challenges his racism in a modern interpretation like Lovecraft Country (which is more a deconstruction than the original material). Something like The Call Of Cthulhu or The Shadow Over Innsmouth can too easily feed into metaphors about malevolent foreigners.
I think it's extremely easy to separate his literature from his xenophobia. I've read a list of of parallels from the shadow over Innsmouth and to be honest they feel really forced
i think it depends what we mean by this.
i agree with OP that Lovecraft's xenophobia is intrinsic to what he has created, and why he did so. but i don't think that in itself is a bad thing. reading his work doesn't make ppl xenophobic. nor is his work, nor adaptations, become beholden to becoming some kind of "treatise against foreigners."
he experienced a deepset fear, and expressed and explored that fear. art can help make us reflective, and that's a boon.
This.