A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (2 volume set) Tapa blanda - 2011

New York: Hippocampus Press, 2011. Trade paperbacks, Two volumes, Fine,. David C. Verba. New York: Hippocampus Press:, 2011. Trade paperbacks, Two volumes, Fine, 511 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: David C. Verba "H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject. Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore-a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilization, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft,… Leer más

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