Overview

Robert E. Howard penned a series of fantasy stories in 1932 featuring Conan, a hulking warrior from ""Cimmeria"" who roamed the mythical Hyborian Age landscape engaging in heroic adventures. More than the quirky manifestation of Depression-era magazines, Conan the Barbarian has endured as a cultural mainstay for over 70 years. This multidisciplinary collection offers the first scholarly investigation of Conan, from Howard's early stories, through midcentury novels and Arnold Schwarzenegger's iconic films, to the 2011 cinematic remake of Conan the Barbarian. Drawing on disciplines such as stylometry, archeology, cultural and folklore studies and literary history, the essays examine statistical analyses of the words in Conan texts, the literary genesis of Conan, later-day parodies, Conan video games, and much more. This volume reveals the hidden scholarly depth of this seemingly unsophisticated fictional character.

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Author:   Jonas Prida
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780786461523

ISBN 10:   0786461527
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   04 December 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part One: The Literary Conan Hyborian Age Archaeology: Unearthing Historical and deleteAnthropological Foundations deleteJeffrey Shanks Barbarism Ascendant: The Poetic and Epistolary Origins deletethe Character and His World deleteFrank Coffman Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Women: Gender Dynamics deletethe Hyborian World deleteWinter Elliott Robert E. Howard’s Barbarian and the Western: A Study of Conan deleteThrough the West and the Western Hero deleteDaniel Weiss Canaan Lies Beyond the Black River: Howard’s Dark Rhetoric deleteof the Contact Zone deletePaul Shovlin Statistics in the Hyborian Age: An Introduction to Stylometry deleteDaniel M. Look Part Two: The Cultural Conan Arnold at the Gates: Subverting Star Persona in Conan deletethe Barbarian deleteNicky Falkof “Hot Avatars” in “Gay Gear”: The Virtual Male Body as Site deleteof Conflicting Desires in Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures deleteJames Kelley Fandom and the Nostalgia of Masculinity deleteStephen Wall “Barbarian Heroing” and Its Parody: New Perspectives deleteMasculinity deleteImola Bulgozdi About the Contributors Index

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takes a variety of approaches to the topic, including archaeology, cultural studies, folklore, and literary history --Communication Booknotes Quarterly this collection of 10 essays explores Robert Howard's Conan the Barbarian from the persepctives of stylometry, cultural studies, archaeology, folklore studies and literary history --Reference & Research Book News.

takes a variety of approaches to the topic, including archaeology, cultural studies, folklore, and literary history --<i>Communication Booknotes Quarterly</i>; this collection of 10 essays explores Robert Howard's <i>Conan the Barbarian</i> from the persepctives of stylometry, cultural studies, archaeology, folklore studies and literary history --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

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Jonas Prida is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Notre Dame University of Maryland in Baltimore.

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