Lovecraft ripped off Gogol

I've never specifically heard Gogol mentioned but most people who are even a little bit deeper into Lovecraft are aware that his work is an amalgamation of Machen, Blackwood, Chambers, MR James, and a litany of earlier horror writers filtered through HPL's worldview and interests. Calling writers "rip offs" as if being influenced is the same thing as consciously setting out to exploit another writer's work is childish.

>can be found in Howard's first works
But Lovecraft's first works were not like that. They were more an imitation of Poe. You have Lovecraft's pastiche timeline messed up, therefore you are a shub-nigger.

i fucking love viy. the film is actually pretty good too

Well what are THOSE novels made from?

it seems wrong to see him be called "Harold"
all this time I thought the H.P. stood for hairy penis and now it stands for harry penis

>Was he even translated into English at the time?
He was not. Not commercially, at least. But I'm sure some of his works found their way into the hands of some english-speaking enthusiasts at the time, and could have weel been translated and shared in writer's circles. It's possible that Lovecraft could have heard of him.

Derrida BTFO

Agreed, if there was anyone who's style Lovecraft hardcore imitated throughout all of his writing, it was Poe.

hey, are you that poster i told about Viy the other day? you seem to like it. Make sure you read Gogol's Portrait, too!