The Dark Barbarian - The Writings of Robert E. Howard: A Critical Anthology

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Trade paperback

28 linked Howard works

• A Dawn in Flandersverse
• A Lady's Chamberverse
• A Song of Defeatverse
• A Song of the Naked Landsverse
• Age Comes to Rabelaisverse
• Creteverse
• Dreams of Ninevehverse
• Echoes from an Anvilverse
• Hope Emptyof Meaningverse
• Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Dieverse
• Reuben's Brethrenverse
• Roadsverse
• Solomon Kane's Homecoming (1, original)verse
• Surrender (1, "I will rise . . .")verse
• The Dust Dance (1, "For I, with the . . .")verse
• The Dust Dance (2, "The sin and jest of the times am I")verse
• The King and the Oakverse
• The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farerverse
• The Riders of Babylonverse
• The Road of Azraelverse
• The Sands of Timeverse
• The Song of Horsa's Galleyverse
• The Tempterverse
• Timur-Langverse
• Todayverse
• Which Will Scarcely Be Understoodverse
• Zukala's Hourverse
• Zukala's Love Songverse

15 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by Don Herron
2. "Howard's Fantasy" by Fritz Lieber
3. "Robert E. Howard: Frontiersman of Letters" by Donald Sydney-Fryer
4. "Barbarian Bard: The Poetry of Robert E. Howard" by Steve Eng
5. "Through Black Boughs: The Supernatural on Howard's Fiction" by Dennis Rickard
6. "The Western Fiction of Robert E. Howard" by Ben P. Indick
7. "Robert E. Howard: Hard-Boiled Heroic Fantasist" by George Knight
8. "Robert E. Howard: Professional Writer" by Glenn Lord
9. "The Dark Barbarian" by Don Herron
10. Appendix A: "Robert E. Howard's Library"
11. Appendix B: "Howard's Suicide"
12. Bibliography
13. Author and Subject Index
14. Title Index
15. Notes on the Contributors

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