Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming by Antonio Alcalá González .. PDF

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Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming by Antonio Alcalá González .. PDF

Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft’s influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the Anthropocene, adaptation, and visual media, the chapters in this collection focus on the following topics:

Adaptation of Lovecraft’s legacy in theater, television, film, graphic narratives, video games and game artwork

The connection between the writer’s legacy and his life

Reading Lovecraft in light of contemporary criticism about capitalism, the posthuman, and the Anthropocene

How contemporary authors have worked through the implicit racial and sexual politics in Lovecraft’s fiction

Reading Lovecraft’s fiction in light of contemporary approaches to gender and sexuality

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