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Silken Swords

Pulp Hero Press

2019
Material type
Paperback

Publication date: May 2019

Introduction

Silken Swords: An Informal Guide to the Women in the Fiction of Robert E. Howard.

REH scholar Fred Blosser provides an A-Z encyclopedia of every female character in Robert E. Howard's fiction, from Conan's Belit, Valeria, and Yasmela, to dozens of hags, harlots, and hussies, as well as the occasional demure damsel and distaff destroyer.

Blosser assigns each woman to an archetype: elder, maiden, servant, supernatural being, temptress, warrior, witch. Taken together, these archetypes encompass the feminine gamut not just of REH fiction but of sword-and-sorcery in general, and are a useful tool for further scholarship.

These ladies don't do the dishes.

Notes

Edited by Bob McLain.
Print on demand.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Trade paperback (5.5 x 8.5 inches)
Publication date
May 2019
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9781683901990
Pages
xv plus 155
Publisher / imprint
Pulp Hero Press
Cover art
Not credited
Illustrations
None

15 contents entries

  1. "Introduction : Women Wild and Wistful "
  2. " How to Use This Guide "
  3. " Part I: The Silken Swords of Rai, A-Z "
  4. " Part II: Women of Anonymity "
  5. " Part III: Women of the Sword "
  6. " Part IV: Women of Sorcery "
  7. " Part V: Women of Color "
  8. " Part VI: Women of Mystery "
  9. " Part VII: Women of Spice "
  10. " Part VIII: Women of Barharicm "
  11. Appendix A: Variant Names
  12. Appendix B: Characters by Type
  13. Appendix C: Characters by Series
  14. Appendix D: Where to Find the Stories
  15. About the Author

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Fred BlosserG. Duncan EaglesonRobert E. BrineyRobert E. HowardSteve Harrison

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Silken Swords: An Informal Guide to the Women in the Fiction of Robert E. Howard By Fred Blosser
Publisher
Pulp Hero Press
Date
May 2019
Source file
SilkenSwords-PulpHeroPress.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Silken Swords
Publisher
Pulp Hero Press
Date
May 2019
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.