033-0124 | |
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FROM Robert E. Howard | |
TO H. P. Lovecraft | |
September 1930 |
Abstract
Glad Lovecraft enjoyed his trip to Quebec; praise for A Man from Genoa; on H. Warner Munn in Weird Tales and Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in The Recluse; on Etruscans, Aryans, and Semitic races; lengthy discussion on Lovecraft's comments on early history and folk-lore of Rhode Island, leading in to talk of a local murder-ranch, witchcraft in New England; on Lovecraft's Celtic ancestry, German horror-stories and Lovecraft's Gothic style (with a brief comparison to Arthur Machen), Howard's own writing style and ancestry, the "moonack" and whippoorwills (citing "The Dunwich Horror"), a legend of a murdered traveler and other aspects of weird fiction; anti-immigration commiseration, with Howard elaborating on foreigners in Texas (particularly Mexicans, waxing fantastic and bloody about one Ramon Macias, and the Germans of New Braunfels); Howard sending Lovecraft a picture of the Alamo.
Cited By
TBD
Included In
- A Means to Freedom (unabridged)
- Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard (unabridged)
- Robert E. Howard Selected Letters (unabridged)
Preceded By 033-0123 | Letters of Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft | Followed by 000-0428 |
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Preceded By 033-0123 | A Means to Freedom | Followed By 000-0428 |
Preceded By 033-0123 | Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard | Followed By 033-0125 |
Preceded By 033-0121 | Robert E. Howard Selected Letters | Followed By 033-0125 |