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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2020 16:34:59 GMT -5
 Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard by Todd B. VickThe first comprehensive biography of Robert E. Howard, the enigmatic creator of Conan the Barbarian and progenitor of the sword and sorcery genre, who published hundreds of short stories and poems before taking his own life at the age of thirty.
You may not know the name Robert E. Howard, but you probably know his work. His most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, is an icon of popular culture. In hundreds of tales detailing the exploits of Conan, King Kull, and others, Howard helped to invent the sword and sorcery genre. Todd B. Vick delves into newly available archives and probes Howard's relationships, particularly with school teacher Novalyne Price, to bring a fresh, objective perspective to Howard's life. Like his many characters, Howard was an enigma and an outsider. He spent his formative years visiting the four corners of Texas, experiences that left a mark on his stories. He was intensely devoted to his mother, whom he nursed in her final days, and whose impending death contributed to his suicide in 1936 when he was just thirty years old. Renegades and Rogues is an unequivocal journalistic account that situates Howard within the broader context of pulp literature. More than a realistic fantasist, he wrote westerns and horror stories as well, and engaged in avid correspondence with H. P. Lovecraft and other pulp writers of his day. Vick investigates Howard's twelve-year writing career, analyzes the influences that underlay his celebrated characters, and assesses the afterlife of Conan, the figure in whom Howard's fervent imagination achieved its most durable expression.Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN-10: 1477321950 ISBN-13: 978-1477321959 Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 cm Release Date: 8 January 2021 $29.95 Links: utpress.utexas.edu/books/vick-renegades-and-rogueswww.amazon.com/dp/1477321950/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1477321950/ |
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Post by charleshelm on Jun 2, 2020 20:11:11 GMT -5
Interesting. Pre-ordered at Amazon. Hopefully it is decent.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 11:57:55 GMT -5
Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard by Todd B. VickThe first comprehensive biography of Robert E. Howard, the enigmatic creator of Conan the Barbarian and progenitor of the sword and sorcery genre, who published hundreds of short stories and poems before taking his own life at the age of thirty.
You may not know the name Robert E. Howard, but you probably know his work. His most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, is an icon of popular culture. In hundreds of tales detailing the exploits of Conan, King Kull, and others, Howard helped to invent the sword and sorcery genre. Todd B. Vick delves into newly available archives and probes Howard's relationships, particularly with school teacher Novalyne Price, to bring a fresh, objective perspective to Howard's life. Like his many characters, Howard was an enigma and an outsider. He spent his formative years visiting the four corners of Texas, experiences that left a mark on his stories. He was intensely devoted to his mother, whom he nursed in her final days, and whose impending death contributed to his suicide in 1936 when he was just thirty years old. Renegades and Rogues is an unequivocal journalistic account that situates Howard within the broader context of pulp literature. More than a realistic fantasist, he wrote westerns and horror stories as well, and engaged in avid correspondence with H. P. Lovecraft and other pulp writers of his day. Vick investigates Howard's twelve-year writing career, analyzes the influences that underlay his celebrated characters, and assesses the afterlife of Conan, the figure in whom Howard's fervent imagination achieved its most durable expression.Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN-10: 1477321950 ISBN-13: 978-1477321959 Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 cm Release Date: 8 January 2021 $29.95 Links: utpress.utexas.edu/books/vick-renegades-and-rogueswww.amazon.com/dp/1477321950/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1477321950/ |
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