Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

11 linked Howard works

• A Lady's Chamberverse
• Dreaming on Downsverse
• Flaming Marbleverse
• Red Thunderverse
• Solomon Kane's Homecoming (1, original)verse
• Song at Midnightverse
• Surrender (1, "I will rise . . .")verse
• The Madness of Cormacverse
• The Riders of Babylonverse
• The Seaverse
• Tidesverse

64 contents entries

1. "Flaming Marble "
2. Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp • interior artwork by Mark Wheatley artwork
3. " Dreaming on Downs"
4. [5] • Arming the Valkyries • essay by Jack McDevitt essay
5. "A Lady's Chamber "
6. [8] • Hallowe'en in a Suburb • (1926) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of In a Suburb) poem
7. " Surrender" (1)
8. [10] • Flaming Marble • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Flaming Marble ("I carved a woman out of marble when...") 1929) poem
9. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming " (1)
10. [12] • Poverty • poem by Edgar Rice Burroughs poem
11. "The Riders of Babylon "
12. [14] • Battle Song • poem by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of Regnar Lodbrog's Epicedium, or Funeral Song (8th Century) 1944) poem
13. " The Madness of Cormac"
14. [18] • Dreaming on Downs • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
15. "Red Thunder "
16. [20] • Ode for July Fourth, 1917 • non-genre • (1917) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
17. "The Sea"
18. [22] • A Lady's Chamber • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
19. " Song at Midnight"
20. [24] • My Mother Was a Wild Cat • poem by Edgar Rice Burroughs poem
21. "Tides"
22. [26] • Surrender • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Surrender ("I will rise someday when the day is done...") 1962) poem
23. Robert E. Howard (Mini-biography)
24. [28] • The Cats • (1977) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
25. Non-REH Contents
26. [30] • Solomon Kane's Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
27. "Arming the Valkyries " by Jack McDevitt ( Introduction)
28. [32] • The Passing O' My Pal, Bill • poem by Edgar Rice Burroughs poem
29. "Hallowe'en in a Suburb " by H. P. Lovecraft
30. [36] • The Wood • (1929) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
31. " Poverty" by Edgar Rice Burroughs
32. [38] • The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
33. " Battle Song" by H. P. Lovecraft
34. [40] • Astrophobos • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
35. " Ode for July Fourth" by H. P. Lovecraft
36. [42] • The Madness of Cormac • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
37. "My Mother Was Wild Cat " by Edgar Rice Burroughs
38. [44] • Red Thunder • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
39. " The Cats" by H. P. Lovecraft
40. [46] • Good Saint Nick • [[Christmas Greetings] • 2] • poem by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of [To Eugene B. Kuntz et al.] 1984) poem
41. " The Passing o' My Pal, Bill" by Edgar Rice Burroughs
42. [48] • March • (1915) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
43. " The Wood" by H. P. Lovecraft
44. [50] • The Sea • (1923) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
45. "Astrophobos " by H. P. Lovecraft
46. [52] • The Nightmare Lake • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
47. "Good Saint Nick " by H. P. Lovecraft
48. [54] • Song at Midnight • (1940) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
49. "March " by H. P. Lovecraft
50. [56] • Nemesis • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft poem
51. "The Nightmare Lake " by H. P. Lovecraft
52. [58] • Tides • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
53. "Nemesis " by H. P. Lovecraft
54. [60] • I Stood at the Bar • poem by Edgar Rice Burroughs poem
55. "I Stood at the Bar " by Edgar Rice Burroughs
56. [64] • Pan • poem by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of To Pan 1919) poem
57. " Pan" by H. P. Lovecraft
58. [66] • Robert Ervin Howard • essay by uncredited essay
59. H. P. Lovecraft (Mini-biography)
60. [67] • Edgar Rice Burroughs • essay by uncredited essay
61. Edgar Rice Burroughs (Mini-biography)
62. [68] • Howard Phillips Lovecraft • essay by uncredited essay
63. "Unexpected Associations: Illustrating The Poetry of Pulp" by Mark Wheatley (Afterword)
64. [69] • Unexpecte Associations: Illustrating the Poetry of Pulp • essay by Mark Wheatley essay

Contributors

Mark Wheatley

Cover artist, Illustrator

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