Comparison between Cosmic Horror and Gothic Horror through the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe

Abstract

Cosmic horror is about all things inconceivable in a vast and endless universe and H.P. Lovecraft may not have coined the term but his works led to the genre being made. One such popular work of his is The Call of Cthulhu. Gothic horror is also another genre of horror which circles around the macabre, grim and spooky. Poe is pretty much known as “the father of gothic horror”. One great example of his works include The Fall of the House of Usher.