About Robert E. Howard
Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard
Material type
Publication date: November 2006
Introduction
This anthology of essays offers a centenary tribute to Howard and his literary achievement. He was regarded as the founder of Sword & Sorcery, and his tales for the pulp magazines of his day included oriental and historical adventures, fantasy, horror, boxing stories, tall-tale Westerns, detection, and science fiction, as well as the stories of Conan the Cimmerian for which he is most widely known. He was also a gifted poet.
Notes
Edited by Benjamin Szumskyj
Edition and production details
- Format details
- Trade paperback
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Publication date
- November 2006
- Identifiers
- 0977173453
- Pages
- 233
- Publisher / imprint
- Hippocampus Press
- Illustrations
- None
35 contents entries
- "Robert E. Howard: A Texan Master" by Michael Moorcock (Foreword)
- Robert E. Howard: A Texan Master • essay by Michael Moorcock 9 · essay
- " Robert E. Howard: A Look at 'Two-Gun Bob' 100 Years On" by Benjamin Szumskyj
- Robert E. Howard: A Look at "Two-Gun Bob" 100 Years On • essay by Benjamin Szumskyj 15 · essay
- " The Junto : Being a Brief Look at the Amateur Press Association Robert E. Howard Partook In as a Youth " by Glenn Lord
- "The Junto": Being a Brief Look at the Amateur Press Association Robert E. Howard Partook in As a Youth • essay by Glenn Lord 22 · essay
- " ... From Acorns Grow: Robert E. Howard Revealed in Post Oaks and Sand Roughs " by John Goodrich
- From Acorns Grow: Robert E. Howard Revealed in "Post Oaks and Sand Roughs" • essay by John Goodrich 25 · essay
- " Sleuths, Secrets, and Grisly Mysteries: The Detective Fiction of Robert E. Howard " by Fred Blosser
- Sleuths, Secrets, and Grisly Mysteries: The Detective Fiction of Robert E. Howard • essay by Fred Blosser 39 · essay
- " Words From the Outer Dark: The Poetical Works of Robert E. Howard " by Michele Tetro
- Words from the Outer Dark: The Poetical Works of Robert E. Howard • essay by Michele Tetro 59 · essay
- " Texas Talespinner: Robert E. Howard’s Ways With Words " by Frank Coffman
- Texas Talespinner: Robert E. Howard's Ways with Words • essay by Frank Coffman 69 · essay
- " Robert E. Howard: A Behavioral Perspective " by Charles Gramlich, Ph.D.
- Robert E. Howard: A Behavioral Perspective • essay by Charles Allen Gramlich [as by Charles Gramlich, Ph.D.] 98 · essay
- " The Persistence of the Familiar: The Hyborian World and the Geographies of Fantastic Literature " by Lorenzo DiTommaso , Ph.D.
- The Persistence of the Familiar: The Hyborian World and the Geographies of Fantastic Literature • essay by Lorenzo DiTommaso, Ph.D. 107 · essay
- “ " Bran Mak Morn and History " by S.T. Joshi
- Bran Mak Morn and History • essay by S. T. Joshi 120 · essay
- " Bitter Pleasures and Swinish Stupidity: Robert E. Howard’s Take on Human Character " by Charles Hoffman
- "Bitter Pleasures and Swinish Stupidity": Howard's Take on Human Character • essay by Charles Hoffman 132 · essay
- " El Borak, the Swift " by Scott Sheaffer
- El Borak, the Swift • essay by Scott Sheaffer 143 · essay
- " Stars and Strong Men: The Cosmic and Science Fiction of Robert E. Howard " by Martin Andersson
- Stars and Strong Men: The Science and Cosmic Fiction of Robert E. Howard • essay by Martin Andersson 176 · essay
- " Laudator Temporis Acti: History and Myth in the Works of Robert E. Howard " by Pietro Guarriello
- Laudator Temporis Acti: History and Myth in the Works of Robert E. Howard • essay by Pietro Guarriello 190 · essay
- " Cimmerian Gloves: Studying Robert E. Howard’s Ace Jessel From the Ringside " by Benjamin Szumskyj
- Cimmerian Gloves: Studying Robert E. Howard's Ace Jessel from the Ringside • essay by Benjamin Szumskyj 199 · essay
- About the Contributors
- About the Contributors (Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard) • essay by uncredited 209 · essay
- Acknowledgments
- Index (Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard) • essay by uncredited 217 · essay
- Author, Subject and Title Index
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Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard
- Publisher
- Hippocampus Press
- Date
- November 2006
- Source file
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REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard
- Publisher
- Hippocampus Press
- Date
- November 2006