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Renegades and rogues : the life and legacy of Robert E. Howard / Todd B. Vick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vick, Todd B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906-1936.
- Howard, Robert E.
- Authors, American--Texas--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Fantasy fiction, American--Texas--History--20th century.
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- History.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 schoolteacher 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Who is Robert E. Howard?
- Pioneering stories: the family of Robert E. Howard
- From birth to Bagwell
- Cross Cut and Burkett
- The birth of a writer
- Tattlers and Yellow Jackets
- Pulp fictioneer
- The other side of the counter
- A new species of fantasy
- Friends and letters
- Novalyne Price
- Broken on the plowshare of fate
- The aftermath
- Writing a legacy: selected stories
- Full circle: the publishing journey of a barbarian
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781477321966
- 1477321969
- Publisher Number:
- 40030354762
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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