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A Fable for Critics

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Humor
SectionPoetry for Friends

Opening lines

Now come the days of high endeavor andThe blare of brazen trumpets through the land.Now George Sylvester Viereck from his denRoars forth and Untermeyer rides again.

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Ambrose BierceAmerican author and journalist1 textual stateArthur BrisbaneAmerican newspaper editor1 textual stateBen HechtAmerican writer and screenwriter1 textual stateEdgar Guesthistorical author referenced by the fictional writer persona1 textual stateEdward BokAmerican editor and author invoked in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateEmanuel Haldeman-Juliuspublisher associated with Haldeman-Julius Weekly and Little Blue Books1 textual stateFloyd DellAmerican writer and editor1 textual stateGeorge Bernard ShawIrish playwright and critic; distinct from the fictional Waspy Shaw1 textual stateGeorge Horace LorimerAmerican editor and author named in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateGeorge Jean NathanAmerican drama critic and editor1 textual stateGeorge Sylvester Viereckhistorical author referenced by the fictional writer persona1 textual stateH. L. Menckenhistorical person referenced in the source1 textual stateJ. Ogden ArmourAmerican meatpacking magnate named in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateJack Londonhistorical author referenced by the fictional writer persona1 textual stateJames Branch CabellAmerican author invoked by surname in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateJohn Dos PassosAmerican novelist named in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateLouis UntermeyerAmerican poet, critic and anthologist satirized in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual statePancho VillaMexican revolutionary general1 textual stateRobert FrostAmerican poet invoked in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateRupert BrookeEnglish poet1 textual stateRupert HughesAmerican writer discussed in connection with George Washington1 textual stateSara TeasdaleAmerican poet named in “A Fable for Critics”1 textual stateUpton Sinclairhistorical person referenced in the source1 textual state

Publication appearances

Shadows of DreamsDonald M. Grant1989↗The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929REH Foundation PressJune 2007↗The Last of the Trunk Och Brev i UrvalParadox Entertainment Inc.September 2007↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗