 Bennett has been credited as having " the best claim at creating the new genre of dark fantasy " . It has been said that Bennett 's writings influenced both H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt , both of whom " emulated Bennett 's earlier style and themes " . Lovecraft was even said to have praised Bennett 's work . However , there is controversy about whether or not this actually happened and the praise appears to have resulted from letters wrongly attributed to Lovecraft . 
 Bennett <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> been credited as having " the best claim at creating the new genre of dark fantasy " . It <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> been said that Bennett <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>writings influenced both H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt , both of whom " emulated Bennett <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>earlier style and themes " . Lovecraft was even said to <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> praised Bennett <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>work . However , <a href='dey_it' title='7'><mark>there</mark></a> is controversy about whether or not this actually happened and the praise <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>appears</mark></a> to <a href='been_done' title='9'><mark>have</mark></a> resulted from letters wrongly attributed to Lovecraft . 
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