I added a link to the video essay in my original post, so you can judge for yourself how good (or bad) it is. The essay focuses on the merits and demerits of purple prose -- such as Lovecraft's -- and compares/contrasts it with sparse prose -- such as Hemingway's.

Wondering whether Lovecraft draws from stories of sea monsters in an absence of what we would know now as well-worn sci-fi tropes (flying saucers and little green men) was a thought I had while watching it, so you can judge me for that.