The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Robert E. Howard's correspondence continues in this second volume of Collected Letters. Having achieved his goal of becoming of a self-supporting working writer - popular among leaders for his/her fantasy and humorous boxing stories - Howard begins corresponding with other writers most notably H.P. Lovecraft. Read the beginnings of their long running debates including many draft pages which reveal how Howard's arguments evolved. These letters also showcase Howard's love of Texas as he embarks on his unofficial job as Raconteur of Texas History and life in letters to Lovecraft August Derleth and others.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Discover some of the early elements of writing style and personality that would go on to define Robert E. Howard the professional writer. Known to his friends and family simply as Bob these early letters illustrate a life-long interest in poetry boxing folk songs and the Irish and the Celts. These letters provide an intimate window as Howard works to develop his writer's craft creating poems dramas parodies of Fu Manchu and detective stories as well as ribald and bawdy plays and poems. Also revealed are Howard's views on the world at large including political social and philosophical issues as well as details of his day-to-day life. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get to know Bob Howard on a more personal level as his friends once knew him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The publication of Spear and Fang in the July 1925 issue of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Weird Tales</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> introduced the world to Robert E. Howard; in 1936 that same magazine - as well as legions of fans - mourned his loss. In a writing career that spanned little more than a decade Howard created a stable of characters whose influences extend well into the current century most notably Conan the Cimmerian whose adventures have appeared in various media from a syndicated comic strip to major motion pictures. The incredible popularity of Howard's Hyborean adventurer has eclipsed the many and varied works he produced in other genres. Howard wrote prolifically in the boxing and western genres creating character series that were as popular in the magazines they appeared in as Conan was in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Weird Tales</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Straight adventure horror weird menace - Howard's byline appeared in a plethora of magazines catering to a broad variety of readerships spanning the 1920s and '30s. He was also a gifted and prolific poet.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Collected Letters reveal a side of Howard's personality that readers of his fiction might not suspect existed. Full of humor philosophical musings travelogue historical sketches and opinions on contemporary politics and events - local national and international - Howard's letters provide important insight into the life and times of one of the most influential pulp-era writers of the twentieth century.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This second volume of a three-volume set collects all of Howard's known correspondence from the early letters to his Texas friends most notably Tevis Clyde Smith and continuing through correspondence with fellow writers Clark Ashton Smith E. Hoffmann Price and others. Also included are Howard's letters to H.P. Lovecraft which constitute one of the most intriguing correspondence cycles in the history of Fantasy fiction.</span></p>