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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