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H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Episode 11: The Doom that Came to Sarnath
29 Mar 2020
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Lovecraft's story "The Doom that Came to Sarnath" tells the story of a civilization that forgot its roots and paid the price. While Lovecraft is usually an advocate of forgetting, in this story he warns against it. The story is also a polemic against decadence and a celebration of grand architecture.
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