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The Dark Man #9: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies

Seele-Brennt Publications

2006

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Magazine

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Periodical Chapbooks

Publication date: Spring 2006

Introduction

Edited by Mark Hall. The Dark Man V2N1/2.

The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the academic study of Robert E. Howard's literary legacy as well as the literary historical and print culture contexts associated with it. The journal seeks to publish full-length articles, brief critical notes and commentaries, bibliographies, reviews of books, and other scholarship that treats Howard's life, time, literary work, and associated topics such as Weird Tales, H.P. Lovecraft, and the concept of a transhistorical pulp fiction aesthetic.

Notes

Cover artist credited in "Editorial Comments".

PDF-file downloaded from ResearchGate.net where Mark Hall made it available.

Edition and production details

Format: Periodical (perfect bound, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 )
Publication date: Spring 2006
Pages: 98
Publisher / imprint: Seele-Brennt Publications
Cover art: Photo
Illustrations: Shelly Burke

26 contents entries

"Editorial Comments"
Editorial Comments (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Mark Hall 1 · editorial
Articles
Editorial Comments • interior artwork by Shelly Burke 1 · artwork
"Robert E. Howard and Poetic Narrative: The Bardic Tradition and 'Popular Modernities'" by Frank Coffman
Robert E. Howard and Poetic Narrative: The Bardic Tradition and "Popular Modernities" • essay by Frank Coffman 4 · essay
"Robert E. Howard: New Deal Heroic Fantasist" by Rusty Burke
Robert E. Howard: New Deal Heroic Fantasist • essay by Rusty Burke 18 · essay
"Crash Go the Civilizations: Some Notes on Robert E. Howard's Use of History and Anthropology" by Mark Hall
Crash Go the Civilizations: Some Notes on Robert E. Howard's Use of History and Anthropology • essay by Mark Hall 27 · essay
"'Red Shadows' Through the Lens of Northrop Frye's Archetypal Criticism" by Patrick Burger
"Red Shadows" Through the Lens of Northrop Faye's Archetypal Criticism • essay by Patrick R. Burger 38 · essay
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Mark Hall 56 · essay
Reviews : "Conan: The Legend Returns" by Terry Allen "Review of ADVENTURE TALES" by Morgan Holmes "Review of THE CIMMERIAN" by Charles Gramlich "Review of BOXING STORIES" by Jeffrey Kahan "Review of BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING" by Charles Hoffman "Review of THE BLOODY CROWN OF CONAN" by Jeffrey Kahan
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Mark Finn 57 · essay
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Jeffrey Kahan 62 · essay
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Steve Trout 69 · essay
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2) • essay by Edward A. Waterman 73 · essay
The Dark Man V2n1/2 • interior artwork by uncredited 76 · artwork
Review of "Conan: The Legend Returns" from Dark Horse Comics • essay by Terry Allen 77 · review
Review of "Adventure Tales", a magazine edited by John Gregory Betancourt • essay by Morgan Holmes 80 · review
Review of "The Cimmerian" a fanzine edited by Leo Grin • essay by Charles Allen Gramlich [as by Charles Gramlich] 82 · review
Review: Boxing Stories by Robert E. Howard • review by Jeffrey Kahan 87 · review
Review: Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Robert E. Howard • review by Charles Hoffman 91 · review
Review: The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert E. Howard • review by Jeffrey Kahan 94 · review

Contributors

Photo: Cover artist
Shelly Burke: Illustrator

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Charles Allen Gramlich Edward A. Waterman Frank Coffman Jeffrey Kahan Mark Finn Mark Hall Morgan Holmes Patrick R. Burger Robert E. Howard Rusty Burke Steve Trout Terry Allen