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[[Image:998907809.jpg|right|thumb|He is in the picture]]
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'''H. P. Lovecraft''' (1890-1937) was an [[United States of America|American]] author of fantasy and horror tales. He is the author who created the [[Cthulhu]] mythos, a fantasy world adapted by many subsequent authors. Lovecraft horror took many influences from [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[Satanism]] and violent visions. On his ''At the Mountains of Madness'' he defends [[evolutionism|evolutionist religion]] as a truth.
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'''H. P. Lovecraft''' (1890-1937) was an [[United States of America|American]] author of fantasy and horror tales. He is the author who created the [[Cthulhu]] mythos, a fantasy world adapted by many subsequent authors. Lovecraft horror took many influences from [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. Lovecraft often openly attacked religion and idealism portraying it as blind ignorance in the face of a terrifying reality.
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Lovecraft has been accused of racism against Africans, Asians, and Arabs, as well as antisemitism for his portrayal of foreigners as keepers of evil secrets.
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Lovecraft has been accused of bigotry against Africans, Asians, Arabs, and Jews.