{"product_id":"renegades-and-rogues-the-life-and-legacy-of-robert-e-howard-hardback-9781477321959","title":"Renegades and Rogues; The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard (Hardback) 9781477321959","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRenegades and Rogues\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTodd B. Vick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477321959, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eVick's deep dive work, using previously unknown research and documents, definitely builds on the two prior Howard bios...in \u003ci\u003eRenegades \u0026amp; Rogues\u003c\/i\u003e, this 'mysterious' Texas scribe gets his most complete story arc told.\u003c\/div\u003e (Houston Press) \u003cdiv\u003eVick manages to offer a biography of Robert E. Howard that marks a new phase for academic scholarship about Howard...Vick employs a vast array of sources to establish the details of Howard’s life.\u003c\/div\u003e (SFRA Review) \u003cdiv\u003eA tour de force of [Robert E. Howard's] life and thought.\u003c\/div\u003e (Modern Age)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e2022 Atlantean Award, Robert E. Howard Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may not know the name Robert E. Howard, but you probably know his work. His most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, is an icon of popular culture. In hundreds of tales detailing the exploits of Conan, King Kull, and others, Howard helped to invent the sword and sorcery genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTodd B. Vick delves into newly available archives and probes Howard’s relationships, particularly with schoolteacher Novalyne Price, to bring a fresh, objective perspective to Howard's life. Like his many characters, Howard was an enigma and an outsider. He spent his formative years visiting the four corners of Texas, experiences that left a mark on his stories. He was intensely devoted to his mother, whom he nursed in her final days, and whose impending death contributed to his suicide in 1936 when he was just thirty years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenegades and Rogues\u003c\/i\u003e is an unequivocal journalistic account that situates Howard within the broader context of pulp literature. More than a realistic fantasist, he wrote westerns and horror stories as well, and engaged in avid correspondence with H. P. Lovecraft and other pulp writers of his day. Vick investigates Howard’s twelve-year writing career, analyzes the influences that underlay his celebrated characters, and assesses the afterlife of Conan, the figure in whom Howard's fervent imagination achieved its most durable expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. Who Is Robert E. Howard?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Pioneering Stories: The Family of Robert E. Howard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. From Birth to Bagwell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Cross Cut and Burkett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. The Birth of a Writer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Tattlers and Yellow Jackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Pulp Fictioneer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. The Other Side of the Counter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. A New Species of Fantasy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Friends and Letters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Novalyne Price\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Broken on the Plowshare of Fate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. The Aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Writing a Legacy: Selected Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Full Circle: The Publishing Journey of a Barbarian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52695027745048,"sku":"9781477321959","price":23.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/renegades-and-rogues-the-life-and-legacy-of-robert-e-howard-hardback-9781477321959","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}