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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2021]

Summary:

2022 Atlantean Award, Robert E. Howard Foundation 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:

Intro

Introduction. Who Is Robert E. Howard?

1. Pioneering Stories: The Family of Robert E. Howard

2. From Birth to Bagwell

3. Cross Cut and Burkett

4. The Birth of a Writer

5. Tattlers and Yellow Jackets

6. Pulp Fictioneer

7. The Other Side of the Counter

8. A New Species of Fantasy Fiction

9. Friends and Letters

10. Novalyne Price

11. Broken on the Plowshare of Fate

12. The Aftermath

13. Writing a Legacy: Selected Stories

14. Full Circle: The Publishing Journey of a Barbarian

Afterword

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781477321973

1477321977

9781477321966

1477321969

OCLC:

1343104581