H.P. Lovecraft's Carter Character Based on Poe?

The second half of an article at Forcesofgeek.com titled "The Dreamquest of Edgar Allan Poe" posits the interesting idea that H.P. Lovecraft's frequent character Randolph Carter may have been a nod to his literary predecessor. A number of Carter's Poe-like aspects are examined by the author, with a noticeably humorous and bizarre turn (the blogger whimsically claims Lovecraft may have been magically divining supernatural details of Poe's life via dream). This gives the article itself more than a little fictional flair.

Still, the notion that Carter might have been Poe derived seems original and might be worth exploring in a serious study. The blog entry's fictional take would also make quite the story if adeptly written or even adapted to comic form. This is the sort of thinking about Lovecraft that bursts out with brilliant potential, and seemingly just waits for transmission to the right minds.

-Grim Blogger