Other than that, I have nothing to add except that last week I was discussing this very issue over lunch with a colleague. He's heard me say before the H.P. Lovecraft is a post-Darwinian author, and he added that Howard is "post-Nietzschean." Yes, that's what you'd hear if you overheard two English professors talking at Ruby Tuesdays.
So, without any other context,
- H.P. Lovecraft = post-Darwinian
- Robert E. Howard = post-Nietzschean
Speaking of Lovecraft, I thought you'd enjoy another man's look at some of Howard's work. As presented in a recent collection from (I think) Penguin. The man is Kenneth Hite, and his series is known as Tour de Lovecraft
ReplyDeleteBTW, did you know Lovecraft's literary agent died just a few years back? Had the chance to meet him on a couple of occasions.