His dad developed syphilitic halucinations when HP was four years old. He died of untreated syphilis in an insitution when HP was eight.
His mother was a wreck in general and psychologically abusive in his childhood. He grew close to his grandfather, but he died and the family assets were dissolved, leaving HP and his abusive unstable mother living in a small studio apartment, basically, meaning he couldn’t get away from it. She also had a breakdown and died in an institution after only two years after being commited.
What’s up with Lovecraft? I mean besides his cat’s name, bc as far as i heard, it were his parents who named it. I really wanna know
His dad developed syphilitic halucinations when HP was four years old. He died of untreated syphilis in an insitution when HP was eight.
His mother was a wreck in general and psychologically abusive in his childhood. He grew close to his grandfather, but he died and the family assets were dissolved, leaving HP and his abusive unstable mother living in a small studio apartment, basically, meaning he couldn’t get away from it. She also had a breakdown and died in an institution after only two years after being commited.
https://lovecraftzine.com/2013/11/14/mommie-dearest-h-p-lovecrafts-descent-into-maternal-madness-by-john-a-delaughter
Not sure why he’s singled out especially. He was born in 1890. You could throw a rock at that point and hit a sexist, racist, everything-ist.
I’m sure in a 100 years they’ll say the same about us.
Overly Sarcastic Productions did a great little piece on him and his work a while back.