Based_nobody t1_j6kov3p wrote
Reply to comment by dethb0y in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA
Any of them good? (good in this sense meaning applicable to literary theory, writing, etc?)
ASilver76 t1_j6kpkkj wrote
It depends entirely on how much you like reading about things like xenophobia, bigotry, and antisemitism. And classism. Never forget classism.
CVfxReddit t1_j6l33bo wrote
There’s one he wrote near the end of his life where he realizes how fucked up his thinking was and started to sound very left wing. Then died a couple weeks after
recumbent_mike t1_j6l77zb wrote
Communism killed him. Got it.
AtOurGates t1_j6lrc3b wrote
Death by wokeness.
Tat25Guy t1_j6kxlsu wrote
Yeah he hated everyone who wasn't a wealthy white educated Christian city dwelling New Englander of British descent
shelsilverstien t1_j6lis1k wrote
So...a conservative
lordpan t1_j6l1jra wrote
He was about as racist as a New Englander at the time (very racist).
I heard he repudiated some of his racist beliefs towards the end of his life but I could never find a source for this.
arvidsem t1_j6l7q6a wrote
Be fair, he was way more racist than a normal New Englander. To be clear, the average New Englander was pretty damn racist, but H. P. Lovecraft would have placed first in the racism Olympics, but he refused to compete on the grounds that lesser people would be there.
lordpan t1_j6ldcqc wrote
In what way was he more racist? Like, was he a KKK member during its New England revival in the 1920's?
I'd honestly be interested to hear. I wonder if it's more that his racist views are more accessible to us than the idle thoughts of a random New Englander.
arvidsem t1_j6o94ti wrote
No, he was pretty damn racist even for living when and where he did.
There is a pretty good run down here. Skip the first half and start at "Response to those who say Lovecraft merely reflected the racism and hatred of his times"
beldaran1224 t1_j6ldqqw wrote
Lovecraft was considered racist by the people of his time.
Mcbrainotron t1_j6l6dh9 wrote
Where do fish people figure into all this?
DFreestyle t1_j6l9lxu wrote
Fear of misceganation, and the past or future corruption of your bloodline.
Gnochi t1_j6l9ibf wrote
Thalassophobia. Plus racism.
lolexecs t1_j6kz7y3 wrote
At it’s root, it seems quite a lot of it is classism.
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shelsilverstien t1_j6lipe8 wrote
I have Twitter
dethb0y t1_j6kxx96 wrote
Yeah somewhat, he wrote to other writers a lot and he often discussed, well, writing and his thoughts on various aspects of, well everything.
That said when i say the man has a lot of letters, there's something like 3500 of them set to be printed when they finish up volumes 22 and 23...
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