Lovecraft lettore di Houellebecq?
Equivoci e appropriazioni in contro il mondo, contro la vita
Keywords:
Houellebecq, Lovecraft, Weird, Pessimismo, BiofictionAbstract
This paper discusses the essay H.P. Lovecraft. Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq. By comparing it with recent developments in biographical research on the American writer, the paper highlights how Houellebecq deliberately misrepresented some aspects of Lovecraft’s biography in order to turn him into a character akin to those of Houellebecq’s first novels, and into a literary model.
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